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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 Brookville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookville 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 Brookville:
- 42.920947, -78.212441
- 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 Brookville
- 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 Genesee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
- Since Brookville is near Wyoming County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Brookville
Communities Also Named Brookville ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Brookville.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Brookville.
Beyond New York, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Nassau County
- This Brookville is located in Nassau County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Brookville.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Jasper County
- This Brookville is located in Jasper County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Brookville.
- Ogle County
- This Brookville is located in Ogle County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km] to the west of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Brookville.
- Vermilion County
- This Brookville is located in Vermilion County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km] to the west southwest of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Brookville.
- Indiana
- Franklin County
- This Brookville is located in Franklin County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Brookville.
- Iowa
- Jefferson County
- This Brookville is located in Jefferson County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the west of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Brookville.
- Kansas
- Saline County
- This Brookville is located in Saline County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the west of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Brookville.
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- This Brookville is located in Norfolk County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the east of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Brookville.
- Michigan
- Washtenaw County
- This Brookville is located in Washtenaw County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the west of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Brookville.
- New Brunswick
- This Brookville lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- This Brookville is located in Hunterdon County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Brookville.
- Ocean County
- This Brookville is located in Ocean County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km] to the southeast of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Brookville.
- Nova Scotia
- This Brookville lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- Ohio
- Athens County
- This Brookville is located in Athens County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Brookville.
- Montgomery County
- This Brookville is located in Montgomery County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km] to the west southwest of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Brookville.
- Ontario
- This Brookville lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- Pennsylvania
- Jefferson County
- This Brookville is located in Jefferson County and lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Brookville.
- Virginia
- Alexandria City
- This Brookville is located in Alexandria City and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the south of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexandria City community of Brookville.
- Lynchburg City
- This Brookville is located in Lynchburg City and lies 387 miles [622.8 km] to the south of the Brookville that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Brookville.
- Wisconsin
- Saint Croix County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Brookville [Saint Croix County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookville ...
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.
- Beehive Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beehive Crossing is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive Crossing
- Bushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cookville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Junction is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Lambs Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lambs Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Little Canada
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little Canada is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Canada
- Longwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Longwood is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Millers Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Millers Crossing is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Crossing
- Pearl Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl Creek is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek
- Suicide Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Suicide Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suicide Corners
- Texaco Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Texaco Town is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texaco Town
- Wyoming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Brookville 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 Brookville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookville and extending to:
- Batavia, which is the Seat of Genesee County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Brookville to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 284 miles [457.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,374 miles [7,039.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Brookville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Brookville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Brookville 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 Brookville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9209, Longitude: -78.2124 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.303 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.536 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.626 degrees. |
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