Punxsutawney (/ ˌ p ʌ ŋ k s ə ˈ t ɔː n i /; Lenape: Punkwsutènay [4]) is a borough in southern Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,769. [5] It is located approximately 84 miles (135 km) northeast of Pittsburgh. [6] Punxsutawney is known for its annual Groundhog Day celebration held each February 2, during which …

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Discover the Weather Capital of the World. Punxsutawney, PA is located in Jefferson County. For more information about Jefferson County and Tourism click here! More information will be available soon. Visit Punxsutawney is a tourism promotion arm of the Punxsutawney Revitalization Group.

14 hours ago · Thousands of people gather every Feb. 2 to watch Phil make his big prediction at Gobbler's Knob, about an hour and a half drive from Pittsburgh in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

Jan 3, 2025 · Whether it’s your first time to Punxsutawney or your fifteenth, discover the magic that makes this town iconic, beyond its most famous resident and world-renowned weather prognosticator.

19 hours ago · The woodchuck’s weather forecast is an annual ritual that goes back more than a century in western Pennsylvania, with far older roots in European folklore, but it took Bill Murray’s 1993 “Groundhog Day” movie to transform the event into what it is today, with tens of thousands of revelers at the scene and imitators scattered around the ...

13 hours ago · PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — The crowd started piling into Gobbler's Knob at 3 a.m. on Sunday, happy to wait more than four hours in freezing cold to see the celebrity groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerge ...

2 days ago · The weather-predicting groundhog celebrity has met two presidents and drinks a life-extending elixir: "Our Phil is like, probably 139 years old," Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel says.

14 hours ago · It’s Groundhog Day, and all eyes are on Punxsutawney Phil, who lives in Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania. Once a year, the famous groundhog predicts, with limited success, if the U.S. will have ...

Punxsutawney is situated in southern Jefferson County along the banks of Mahoning Creek and is the largest borough in the county. It is located at the intersection of U.S. 119 and State Route 36, and is approximately ninety (90) miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The town was incorporated in 1850 under a rich history of the coal and timber industries.