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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 Jugtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jugtown and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Jugtown:
    • 39.841759, -77.604991
    • 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 Jugtown
  • 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Since Jugtown is near Adams County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Jugtown

Communities Also Named Jugtown ...

We found five communities that are also named Jugtown.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Jugtown.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Bucks County
      • This Jugtown is located in Bucks County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jugtown that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Jugtown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • This Jugtown is located in Washington County and lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south of the Jugtown that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Jugtown.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • This Jugtown is located in Buncombe County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jugtown that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Jugtown.
      • Catawba County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jugtown [Catawba County].
      • Moore County
      • This Jugtown is located in Moore County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the south southwest of the Jugtown that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Jugtown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jugtown ...

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.

  • Clay Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clay Hill is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
  • Cold Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cold Spring is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Falling Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Falling Spring is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
  • Five Forks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Five Forks is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Fox Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Hill is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Greenwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenwood is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Marion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Marion is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Pond Bank
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pond Bank is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Bank
  • Roadside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Roadside is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadside
  • Shady Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shady Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Slabtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Slabtown is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
  • Social Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Social Island is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Island
  • Tomstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tomstown is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomstown

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

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

  • Chambersburg, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Jugtown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 71 miles [114.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,881 miles [9,464.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,467 miles [7,188.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jugtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Jugtown could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 Jugtown 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 Jugtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8418, Longitude: -77.6050       In this case, the coordinates for Jugtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.166 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.899 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.591 degrees.