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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 Page Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Page Brook 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 Page Brook:
- 42.258409, -75.764914
- 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 Page Brook
- 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 Chenango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango County
- Since Page Brook is near Broome County and also Cortland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broome County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland 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 Page Brook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Page Brook ...
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.
- Center Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Center Village is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Coventry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coventry is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Coventryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coventryville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville
- Creekside Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Creekside Village is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside Village
- Fickles Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fickles Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickles Corner
- Glen Castle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Greene
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Ohio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Ohio is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ohio
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Triangle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Tunnel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Page Brook 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 Page Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Page Brook and extending to:
- Norwich, which is the Seat of Chenango County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Page Brook to Norwich, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 105 miles [169 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 241 miles [387.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,704 miles [9,179.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,295 miles [6,912.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Page Brook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Page Brook 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 Page Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2584, Longitude: -75.7649 In this case, the coordinates for Page Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.843 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.783 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.762 degrees. |
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