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 ...

Places to stay Punxsutawney is about three hours east of Cleveland, and could be a day trip from Northeast Ohio. Sherry says the town is small and quaint, with everyone knowing each other.

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – Every Feb. 2, America turns to the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, for a sliver of hope that the cold winter will end sooner rather than later. That is where a groundhog ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...