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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 Stony Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stony Fork 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 Stony Fork:
    • 41.673127, -77.362200
    • 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 Stony Fork
  • 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 Stony Fork is near Lycoming County and also Potter 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 Potter 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 Stony Fork

Communities Also Named Stony Fork ...

We found two communities that are also named Stony Fork.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Stony Fork is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • This Stony Fork is located in Buncombe County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stony Fork that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Stony Fork.
      • Watauga County
      • This Stony Fork is located in Watauga County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km] to the south southwest of the Stony Fork that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watauga County community of Stony Fork.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony Fork ...

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
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherry Flats is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Flats
  • Heise Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Heise Run is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heise Run
  • Kennedy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Kennedy is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
  • Maple Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Maple Hill is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
  • Marsh Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Marsh Creek is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek
  • Mount Pleasant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Plank
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Plank is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plank
  • Roundtop
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Roundtop is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
  • Stokesdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Stokesdale is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesdale
  • Three Springs Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Three Springs Run is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs Run
  • Thumptown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Thumptown is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thumptown

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

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

  • Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Stony Fork to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 192 miles [309 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,793 miles [9,322.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,510 miles [10,476.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,386 miles [7,058.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Stony Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Stony Fork 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 Stony Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6731, Longitude: -77.3622       In this case, the coordinates for Stony Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.881 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.862 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.748 degrees.