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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 Tiffany, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tiffany 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 Tiffany:
    • 41.836957, -75.820876
    • 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 Tiffany
  • 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 Tiffany ...

We found six communities that share the name Tiffany.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Tiffany is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • La Plata County
      • This Tiffany is located in La Plata County and lies 1,713 miles [2,756.8 km]<1> to the west of the Tiffany that is located in Susquehanna County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Plata County community of Tiffany.
    • Kansas
      • Gove County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Gove County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gove County community of Tiffany.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis City
      • This Tiffany is located in Saint Louis City and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km]<1> to the west of the Tiffany that is located in Susquehanna County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis City community of Tiffany.
    • New Mexico
      • Socorro County
      • This Tiffany is located in Socorro County and lies 1,777 miles [2,859.8 km]<1> to the west of the Tiffany that is located in Susquehanna County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Socorro County community of Tiffany.
    • North Dakota
      • Eddy County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Tiffany [Eddy County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Rock County
      • This Tiffany is located in Rock County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the west of the Tiffany that is located in Susquehanna County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Tiffany.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tiffany ...

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.

  • Elk Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
    • Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
  • Forest Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
    • Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County
  • Heart Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heart Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart Lake
    • Heart Lake is located in Susquehanna County
  • Hop Bottom
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hop Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hop Bottom
    • Hop Bottom is located in Susquehanna County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hop Bottom <5>
  • Lawsville Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsville Center
    • Lawsville Center is located in Susquehanna County
  • Lewis Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corners
    • Lewis Corners is located in Susquehanna County
  • Lindaville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindaville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindaville
    • Lindaville is located in Susquehanna County
  • Snows Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snows Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Mill
    • Snows Mill is located in Susquehanna County
  • Tingley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tingley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tingley
    • Tingley is located in Susquehanna County
  • Williams Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner
    • Williams Corner is located in Susquehanna County
  • Woodhouse
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodhouse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhouse
    • Woodhouse is located in Susquehanna County

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

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

  • Montrose, which is the Seat of Susquehanna County, lies just to the West.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tiffany to Harrisburg, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,723 miles [9,210.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,313 miles [6,941.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

The official website for Susquehanna County: www.susquehanna.pa.us/

The official website for State 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tiffany) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tiffany. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8370, Longitude: -75.8209    
<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 Tiffany, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Tiffany 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.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Tiffany to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.92 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.803 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.974 degrees.









 

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