Punxsutawney Phil is in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, with two “homes” people usually mean when they ask this.

Quick Scoop: Where is Punxsutawney Phil?

  • For Groundhog Day (Feb. 2), Phil appears at Gobbler’s Knob , a wooded hill just outside Punxsutawney where the big sunrise ceremony happens each year.
  • The site is a few miles from town and draws tens of thousands of visitors who come to see whether he “predicts” six more weeks of winter or an early spring.
  • Gobbler’s Knob is considered his official home for the event, and that’s what people see on TV and livestreams.

Where Phil Lives The Rest Of The Year

  • Outside of Groundhog Day, Phil lives in a special enclosure at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library , right off Barclay Square in downtown Punxsutawney.
  • Visitors can see him in his little pen through a window labeled “Phil’s Burrow,” which lets him look out onto the town square.
  • Tourists drop by all year to say hi, snap photos, and check out the famous groundhog when the crowds and cameras are gone.

Extra Little Story Detail

Locals and fans like to joke that Phil “commutes” between his cozy library burrow and the stage at Gobbler’s Knob once a year to do his big weather gig, then heads back to quiet small-town groundhog life until next February.

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