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The Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Commerce says Punxsutawney is best accessed using I-80, U.S.Route 119 and State Route 36. The name of the town came from the Native American word for sand flies ...
Punxsutawney Phil lives in the town library. When Phil is not busy predicting the weather at Gobbler’s Knob, a rural area about two miles outside of Punxsutawney proper, he lives in the town ...
Punxsutawney Phil woke up on Sunday and saw ... a small hill just outside of the town, and has done so each year since 1887. This year marks the 139th time the event has occurred, according ...
at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2025. REUTERS While the tradition attracts over 40,000 people to the small town of Gobbler’s Knob each year, the weather ...
That's especially true for a small town in Pennsylvania, where celebrity groundhog Punxsutawney Phil delivers his annual weather prediction on Feb. 2 to thousands of people in person, and millions ...
When Germans arrived in the Americas in the 1700s and settled in Punxsutawney, Pa. — a town named by the Delaware natives that translates to "the town for the sand flies" — they brought with ...
Snerd the Groundhog told Garner Mayor Gupton and a large crowd that he expects an early Spring this year, disagreeing with Punxsutawney Phil's 2025 prediction. Credit: Town of Garner "We have ...
Pennsylvania has the famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil and Indiana has its own groundhog named after the town in which she lives, Hope. As a quick refresher, here are the two possible outcomes.
Jon Lovitch was in Punxsutawney with family members for the ... time between Gobbler's Knob and Phil's longtime home at the town library. The club also is putting up large video screens and ...
Punxsutawney Phil's prediction is in ... Extraordinaire" on during his yearly duty on Groundhog Day in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The party started early in the morning, hours ...
Ramis chose Woodstock because of its picturesque town square. “We didn’t use Punxsutawney for the film because Punxsutawney itself didn’t have a real town center that looked very good on ...
which meant good business for the small town in Jefferson County. “We have 6,000 people that live here, and it swells to 20 or 30,000,” said Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce President Katie Laska.