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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Potterville:
    • 41.880537, -76.23513
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Potterville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Potterville ...

We found five communities that share the name Potterville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Potterville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Taylor County
      • This Potterville is located in Taylor County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Potterville that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Potterville.
    • Kansas
      • Osborne 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 Kansas community of Potterville [Osborne County].
    • Michigan
      • Eaton County
      • This Potterville is located in Eaton County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<1> to the west of the Potterville that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eaton County community of Potterville.
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Potterville is located in Ulster County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the east of the Potterville that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Potterville.
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • This Potterville is located in Kent County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the east of the Potterville that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Potterville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Potterville ...

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.

  • Brushville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brushville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
    • Brushville is located in Bradford County
  • Bumpville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bumpville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
    • Bumpville is located in Bradford County
  • Friendsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
    • Friendsville is located in Susquehanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friendsville <4>
  • Little Meadows
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Nixon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nixon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Nixon is located in Susquehanna County
  • Owl Hollow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owl Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Hollow
    • Owl Hollow is located in Bradford County
  • Prattville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prattville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
    • Prattville is located in Bradford County
  • Rushville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rushville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
    • Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
  • Stevensville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevensville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevensville
    • Stevensville is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stevensville <4>
  • Stone House Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone House Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House Corner
    • Stone House Corner is located in Bradford County
  • Towner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Towner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towner
    • Towner is located in Bradford County
  • Zion Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Heights
    • Zion Heights is located in Bradford County

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

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

  • Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Potterville to Towanda, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 115 miles [185.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,329 miles [6,966.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Potterville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bradford County: www.bradfordcountypa.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Potterville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Potterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8805, Longitude: -76.2351    
<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 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 Potterville 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Potterville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.169 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.091 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.144 degrees.









 

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