Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Vilas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vilas and the surrounding area.
- 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 Lycoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lycoming County
Communities Also Named Vilas ...
We found nine communities that share the name Vilas.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Vilas is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Baca County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Vilas [Baca County].
- Florida
- Liberty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Vilas [Liberty County].
- Indiana
- Owen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Vilas [Owen County].
- Kansas
- Wilson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Vilas [Wilson County].
- Louisiana
- Grant Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Vilas [Grant Parish].
- North Carolina
- Watauga County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Vilas [Watauga County].
- South Dakota
- Miner County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Vilas [Miner County].
- Texas
- Bell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Vilas [Bell County].
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Vilas [Dane County].
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lycoming County: www.lyco.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 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 Vilas 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. |