Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Marshlands:
  • 41.713403, -77.578595
  • 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 Marshlands

• 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 Marshlands is near Potter County and also Lycoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming 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 Marshlands

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marshlands ...

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.

• Burrows
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Burrows is located in Potter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
• Hector
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hector is located in Potter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
• Heise Run
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Heise Run is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heise Run
• Kennedy
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Kennedy is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
• Marsh Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Marsh Creek is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek
• Mixtown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mixtown is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixtown
• Stony Fork
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Stony Fork is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
• Telescope
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Telescope is located in Potter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telescope
• Thumptown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Thumptown is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thumptown

How Far From Marshlands to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Marshlands and extending to:

• Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Marshlands to Wellsboro, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 105 miles [169 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 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 196 miles [315.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,518 miles [10,489.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,394 miles [7,071.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'