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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 Wellsboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wellsboro 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 Wellsboro:
- 41.748053, -77.299618
- 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 Wellsboro
- 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 Tioga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
- Since Wellsboro is near Lycoming County and also Potter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter 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 Wellsboro
Communities Also Named Wellsboro ...
We found one communities that are also named Wellsboro.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Wellsboro is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Wellsboro in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- LaPorte County
- This Wellsboro is located in LaPorte County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the west of the Wellsboro that is located in Tioga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Wellsboro.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellsboro ...
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.
- Cherry Flats
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Christian Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Christian Hill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Hill
- Crooked Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crooked Creek is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Heise Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Heise Run is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heise Run
- Kennedy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kennedy is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Maple Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Hill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Marsh Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Roundtop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roundtop is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
- Shortsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shortsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortsville
- Stokesdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stokesdale is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesdale
- Stony Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Fork is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Thumptown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Wellsboro to ...
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 Wellsboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wellsboro and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Wellsboro to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,788 miles [9,314.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,380 miles [7,048.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Wellsboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Wellsboro 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 Wellsboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7481, Longitude: -77.2996 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.836 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.823 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.688 degrees. |
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