Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Sopertown:
  • 41.875630, -76.904405
  • 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 Sopertown

• 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
  • Since Sopertown is near Tioga County and also Chemung County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung 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 Sopertown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sopertown ...

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.

• Big Pond
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Big Pond is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
• Checkerville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Checkerville is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerville
• Covert
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Covert is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
• Farmers Valley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Farmers Valley is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley
• Jobs Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jobs Corners is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corners
• Kellytown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Kellytown is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
• Lambs Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Lambs Creek is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Creek
• Mainesburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mainesburg is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
• Mosherville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Mosherville is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
• Painter Run
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Painter Run is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Run
• Paisley
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Paisley is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
• Roseville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Roseville is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
• Sagetown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Sagetown is located in Chemung County (NY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown

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

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

• Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sopertown to Towanda, 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 109 miles [175.4 km] to the south (S). 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 205 miles [329.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,766 miles [9,279.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,483 miles [10,433.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,358 miles [7,013.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'