Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Valley Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley Brook and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Valley Brook
- 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 Valley Brook:
- 42.928962, -74.659032
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Valley 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Valley Brook is near Herkimer County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- eBird sighting report for Fulton 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Valley Brook ...
We found five communities that share the name Valley Brook.
Within New York, the name Valley Brook is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Wabash County
- This Valley Brook is located in Wabash County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the west of the Valley Brook that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabash County community of Valley Brook.
- Kansas
- Osage 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 Kansas community of Valley Brook [Osage County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Valley Brook is located in Baltimore County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Valley Brook that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Valley Brook.
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma County
- This Valley Brook is located in Oklahoma County and lies 1,322 miles [2,127.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Valley Brook that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma County community of Valley Brook.
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- This Valley Brook is located in Fairfax County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Valley Brook that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Valley Brook.
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley 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.
- Cook Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corners
- Cook Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Fordsbush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Hallsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Hallsville is located in Montgomery County
- Marshville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
- Marshville is located in Montgomery County
- Salt Springville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Springville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springville
- Salt Springville is located in Montgomery County
- Sand Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Sprout Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprout Brook
- Sprout Brook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sprout Brook <4>
- Starkville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
How Far From Valley Brook to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Valley Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valley Brook and extending to:
- Fonda, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Valley Brook to Fonda, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 49 miles [78.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 304 miles [489.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,631 miles [9,062.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,223 miles [6,796.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Valley Brook. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Montgomery County: www.co.montgomery.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Valley Brook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Valley Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9290, Longitude: -74.6590 In this case, the coordinates for Valley Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Valley Brook 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Valley Brook to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.087 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.04 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.943 degrees. |