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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 Susquehanna, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna:
- 41.946676, -75.602421
- 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 Susquehanna
- 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 Susquehanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna County
- Since Susquehanna is near Broome County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broome County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Susquehanna
Communities Also Named Susquehanna ...
We found two communities that are also named Susquehanna.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Susquehanna.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Susquehanna in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Lancaster County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Susquehanna [Lancaster County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Susquehanna [Saint Mary's County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Susquehanna ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
- Damascus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Damascus is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Danville is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Flowers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flowers is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers
- Great Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gulf Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Island Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Island Plain is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Plain
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lewis Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corners
- Stevens Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stevens Point is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Tingley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tingley is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tingley
How Far From Susquehanna to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Susquehanna to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Susquehanna and extending to:
- Montrose, which is the Seat of Susquehanna County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Susquehanna to Montrose, 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 132 miles [212.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,710 miles [9,189.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,300 miles [6,920.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Susquehanna 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. |
| <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 Susquehanna, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Susquehanna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9467, Longitude: -75.6024 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.775 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.657 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.826 degrees. |
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