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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 Pea Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pea 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 Pea Brook:
- 41.895393, -75.147967
- 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 Pea 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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Since Pea Brook is near Sullivan County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Pea Brook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pea 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.
- Basket
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Basket is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basket
- Burnwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnwood is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Fishs Eddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- French Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- French Woods is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Woods
- Long Eddy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lordville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lordville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordville
- Peakville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Priceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Priceville is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Rock Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stalker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stalker is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalker
How Far From Pea Brook to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pea 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 Pea Brook and extending to:
- Delhi, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pea Brook to Delhi, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 229 miles [368.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,693 miles [9,162 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,407 miles [10,311.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,282 miles [6,891.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pea 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 Pea 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 Pea Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8954, Longitude: -75.1480 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.504 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.342 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.641 degrees. |
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