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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 Prattville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prattville 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 Prattville:
    • 41.846742, -76.131595
    • 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 Prattville
  • 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 Prattville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Prattville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Prattville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Autauga County
      • This Prattville is located in Autauga County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<1> to the southwest of the Prattville that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Autauga County community of Prattville.
    • California
      • Plumas County
      • This Prattville is located in Plumas County and lies 2,321 miles [3,735.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Prattville that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Prattville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Prattville is located in Bristol County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the east of the Prattville that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Prattville.
    • Michigan
      • Hillsdale County
      • This Prattville is located in Hillsdale County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the west of the Prattville that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsdale County community of Prattville.
    • Mississippi
      • Madison 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 Mississippi community of Prattville [Madison County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Tulsa County
      • This Prattville is located in Tulsa County and lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Prattville that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulsa County community of Prattville.
    • Texas
      • Delta County
      • This Prattville is located in Delta County and lies 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Prattville that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Prattville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prattville ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
  • Friendsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • Nixon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • 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
  • Parks Crossroad
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parks Crossroad have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Crossroad
    • Parks Crossroad is located in Susquehanna County
  • Potterville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
    • Potterville is located in Bradford County
  • Rush
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
    • Rush is located in Susquehanna County
  • Rushville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • 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
    (6 miles [9.7 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Zion Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • 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 Prattville 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 Prattville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Prattville to Towanda, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 114 miles [183.5 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 209 miles [336.4 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 5,736 miles [9,231.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,451 miles [10,381.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,326 miles [6,962 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prattville. 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prattville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prattville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8467, Longitude: -76.1316       In this case, the coordinates for Prattville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Prattville 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 Prattville 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 307.109 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.018 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.111 degrees.









 

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