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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 Pitts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pitts 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 Pitts:
    • 41.744240, -77.269974
    • 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 Pitts
  • 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 Pitts is near Lycoming County and also Steuben 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 Steuben 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 Pitts

Communities Also Named Pitts ...

We found ten communities that are also named Pitts.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Pitts is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Poinsett County
      • This Pitts is located in Poinsett County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pitts that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poinsett County community of Pitts.
    • Georgia
      • Dodge County
      • This Pitts is located in Dodge County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pitts that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Pitts.
      • Jones County
      • This Pitts is located in Jones County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km] to the south southwest of the Pitts that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Pitts.
      • Wilcox County
      • This Pitts is located in Wilcox County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km] to the south southwest of the Pitts that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Pitts.
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • This Pitts is located in Estill County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pitts that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Pitts.
    • Mississippi
      • Pike County
      • This Pitts is located in Pike County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pitts that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Pitts.
    • Missouri
      • Warren County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Warren County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Pitts.
    • Ohio
      • Lorain County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pitts [Lorain County].
    • Texas
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pitts [Montgomery County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Pitts is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,787 miles [2,875.9 km]<1> to the west of the Pitts that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Pitts.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pitts ...

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.

  • Cherry Flats
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Flats is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Flats
  • Crooked Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Crooked Creek is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Heise Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Heise Run is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heise Run
  • Maple Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple Hill is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
  • Marsh Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Marsh Creek is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek
  • Roundtop
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Roundtop is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
  • Stokesdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stokesdale is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesdale
  • Stony Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Stony Fork is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
  • Thumptown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Thumptown is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thumptown

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

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

  • Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies just to the West.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Pitts to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,786 miles [9,311.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,379 miles [7,047.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pitts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pitts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Pitts 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Pitts 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 Pitts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7442, Longitude: -77.2700       In this case, the coordinates for Pitts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.818 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.802 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.676 degrees.