Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Newelltown:
  • 41.583409, -76.911907
  • 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 Newelltown

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Newelltown ...

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.

• Cold Spring
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Cold Spring is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
• Dogtown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Dogtown is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
• Grover
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Grover is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
• House Landing Strip
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • House Landing Strip is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Landing Strip
• Kellyburg
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Kellyburg is located in Lycoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyburg
• Liberty
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Liberty is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
• Maple Summit
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Maple Summit is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Summit
• Marsh Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Marsh Hill is located in Lycoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Hill
• Roaring Branch
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Roaring Branch is located in Lycoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Branch
• Union Center
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Center is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
• Windfall
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Windfall is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall

How Far From Newelltown to ...

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

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

• Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Newelltown to Wellsboro, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 89 miles [143.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,779 miles [9,300.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,495 miles [10,452.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,370 miles [7,032.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'