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 Tioga:
40.009001, -75.167956
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.
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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 23 communities that share the name Tioga.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Tioga.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Tioga County
This Tioga is located in Tioga County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Tioga.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Huerfano County
This Tioga is located in Huerfano County and lies 1,600 miles [2,575 km]<1> to the west of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huerfano County community of Tioga.
Georgia
Gilmer County
This Tioga is located in Gilmer County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Tioga.
Illinois
Hancock County
This Tioga is located in Hancock County and lies 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<1> to the west of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Tioga.
Indiana
Carroll 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 Indiana community of Tioga [Carroll County].
Iowa
Mahaska County
This Tioga is located in Mahaska County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahaska County community of Tioga.
Kansas
Neosho 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 Kansas community of Tioga [Neosho County].
Kentucky
Franklin 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 Kentucky community of Tioga [Franklin County].
Louisiana
Rapides Parish
This Tioga is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Tioga.
Michigan
Alger 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 Michigan community of Tioga [Alger County].
Baraga County
This Tioga is located in Baraga County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baraga County community of Tioga.
Nebraska
Kimball 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 Nebraska community of Tioga [Kimball County].
New Hampshire
Belknap 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 New Hampshire community of Tioga [Belknap County].
North Dakota
Mountrail 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 North Dakota community of Tioga [Mountrail County].
Williams County
This Tioga is located in Williams County and lies 1,481 miles [2,383.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of Tioga.
Ohio
Washington 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 Ohio community of Tioga [Washington County].
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Tioga.
Oregon
Coos County
This Tioga is located in Coos County and lies 2,485 miles [3,999.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Tioga.
Douglas 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 Oregon community of Tioga [Douglas County].
Tennessee
Anderson County
This Tioga is located in Anderson County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Tioga.
Texas
Grayson County
This Tioga is located in Grayson County and lies 1,281 miles [2,061.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Tioga.
West Virginia
Nicholas County
This Tioga is located in Nicholas County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Tioga.
Wisconsin
Clark County
This Tioga is located in Clark County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tioga that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Tioga.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tioga ...
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.
Branchtown ‑ Historic (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tioga to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tioga and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Tioga to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 125 miles [201.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,354 miles [7,007.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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- Tioga) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tioga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0090, Longitude: -75.1680 In this case, the coordinates for Tioga 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tioga 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 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.
<5>
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 Tioga to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.701 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.263 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.472 degrees.