Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Jobs Corners

• 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 Jobs Corners:
  • 41.931741, -76.935796
  • 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 Jobs Corners

• 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 Jobs Corners is near Bradford County and also Chemung County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford 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 Jobs Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jobs Corners ...

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.

• Checkerville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Checkerville is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerville
• Farmers Valley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Farmers Valley is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley
• Golden Glow Heights
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Golden Glow Heights is located in Chemung County (NY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glow Heights
• Kellytown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kellytown is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
• Lambs Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lambs Creek is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Creek
• Mainesburg
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mainesburg is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
• Mosherville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mosherville is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
• Painter Run
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Painter Run is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Run
• Paisley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Paisley is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
• Pine City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine City is located in Chemung County (NY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine City <1>
• Rising
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Rising is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising
• Roseville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • 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 north)
  • Sagetown is located in Chemung County (NY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown

How Far From Jobs Corners 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 Jobs Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jobs Corners and extending to:

• Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jobs Corners 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 most of a day.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 113 miles [181.9 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 209 miles [336.4 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 5,765 miles [9,277.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,358 miles [7,013.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'