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 Villa Grove:
41.258415, -76.715512
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 Villa Grove
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:
We found two communities that are also named Villa Grove.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Villa Grove is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Saguache County
This Villa Grove is located in Saguache County and lies 1,558 miles [2,507.4 km]<1> to the west of the Villa Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saguache County community of Villa Grove.
Illinois
Douglas County
This Villa Grove is located in Douglas County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the west of the Villa Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Villa Grove.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Villa Grove ...
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.
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 Villa Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Villa Grove and extending to:
Williamsport, which is the Seat of Lycoming County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Villa Grove to Williamsport, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,784 miles [9,308.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,374 miles [7,039.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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- Villa Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
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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 Villa Grove 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 Villa Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2584, Longitude: -76.7155 In this case, the coordinates for Villa Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.52 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.388 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.626 degrees.