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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Jackson Summit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jackson Summit and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Jackson Summit:
    • 41.943407, -77.016633
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Jackson Summit
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Tioga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
    • Since Jackson Summit is near Steuben County and also Chemung County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Jackson Summit

Communities Also Named Jackson Summit ...

We found one communities that are also named Jackson Summit.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Jackson Summit is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Jackson Summit in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Fulton County
      • This Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jackson Summit that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Jackson Summit.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jackson Summit ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Jobs Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jobs Corners is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corners
  • Kellytown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Kellytown is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
  • Lambs Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lambs Creek is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Creek
  • Mosherville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mosherville is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
  • Painter Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Painter Run is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Run
  • Pine City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rising
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rising is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising
  • Roseville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Roseville is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Sagetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sagetown is located in Chemung County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown

How Far From Jackson Summit to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jackson Summit to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jackson Summit and extending to:

  • Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jackson Summit to Wellsboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,768 miles [9,282.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,485 miles [10,436.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,361 miles [7,018.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jackson Summit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Jackson Summit to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jackson Summit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9434, Longitude: -77.0166       In this case, the coordinates for Jackson Summit have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.644 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.637 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.476 degrees.