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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 Brockway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brockway 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 Brockway:
- 41.277278, -80.568406
- 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 Brockway
- 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 Trumbull County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull County
- Since Brockway is near Mercer County and also Mahoning County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning 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 Brockway
Communities Also Named Brockway ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Brockway.
Within Ohio, the name Brockway is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Placer County
- This Brockway is located in Placer County and lies 2,065 miles [3,323.3 km]<1> to the west of the Brockway that is located in Trumbull County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Brockway.
- Connecticut
- New London County
- This Brockway is located in New London County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the east of the Brockway that is located in Trumbull County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Brockway.
- Michigan
- Eaton 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 Michigan community of Brockway [Eaton County].
- Saint Clair County
- This Brockway is located in Saint Clair County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brockway that is located in Trumbull County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Brockway.
- Montana
- McCone County
- This Brockway is located in McCone County and lies 1,306 miles [2,101.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brockway that is located in Trumbull County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCone County community of Brockway.
- New Brunswick
- This Brockway lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brockway that is located in Trumbull County.
- New York
- Dutchess County
- This Brockway is located in Dutchess County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the east of the Brockway that is located in Trumbull County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Brockway.
- North Dakota
- Ransom County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Brockway [Ransom County].
- Oregon
- Douglas County
- This Brockway is located in Douglas County and lies 2,173 miles [3,497.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brockway that is located in Trumbull County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Brockway.
- Pennsylvania
- Jefferson County
- This Brockway is located in Jefferson County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the east of the Brockway that is located in Trumbull County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Brockway.
- Wisconsin
- Jackson County
- This Brockway is located in Jackson County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brockway that is located in Trumbull County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Brockway.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brockway ...
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.
- Clark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coalburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fowler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Grove City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nutwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nutwood is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Orangeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Petroleum
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Petroleum is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Trouts Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trouts Corners is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trouts Corners
- Walnut Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Hill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Yankee Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Yankee Hills is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hills
- Yankee Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
How Far From Brockway 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 Brockway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Brockway once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Brockway and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Trumbull County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Brockway to Warren, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 248 miles [399.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,940 miles [9,559.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,538 miles [7,303.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Brockway) 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 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 Brockway 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brockway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Brockway 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 Brockway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2773, Longitude: -80.5684 In this case, the coordinates for Brockway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.899 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.085 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.379 degrees. |
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