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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 Ogdensburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ogdensburg 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 Ogdensburg:
- 41.615497, -76.970692
- 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 Ogdensburg
- 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 Ogdensburg 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 Ogdensburg
Communities Also Named Ogdensburg ...
We found five communities that are also named Ogdensburg.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Ogdensburg is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Riley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ogdensburg [Riley County].
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Ogdensburg [Sussex County].
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Ogdensburg is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Ogdensburg that is located in Tioga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Ogdensburg.
- Quebec
- This Ogdensburg lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Ogdensburg that is located in Tioga County.
- Wisconsin
- Waupaca County
- This Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ogdensburg that is located in Tioga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waupaca County community of Ogdensburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ogdensburg ...
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.
- Buttonwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buttonwood is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
- Covert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dogtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dogtown is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Grover
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grover is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Hartsfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- House Landing Strip
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- House Landing Strip is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Landing Strip
- Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Mainesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Maple Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Maple Summit is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Summit
- Marsh Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marsh Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Hill
- Roaring Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roaring Branch is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Branch
- Union Center
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Center is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Windfall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Ogdensburg 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 Ogdensburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ogdensburg and extending to:
- Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ogdensburg 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 92 miles [148.1 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 187 miles [300.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,780 miles [9,302 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,371 miles [7,034.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Ogdensburg 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ogdensburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ogdensburg 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 Ogdensburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6155, Longitude: -76.9707 In this case, the coordinates for Ogdensburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.645 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.586 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.593 degrees. |
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