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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 Brackenridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brackenridge 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 Brackenridge:
- 40.608122, -79.741159
- 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 Brackenridge
- 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 Allegheny County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Since Brackenridge is near Westmoreland County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Brackenridge
Communities Also Named Brackenridge ...
We found one communities that are also named Brackenridge.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Brackenridge is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Brackenridge in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Karnes County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Brackenridge [Karnes County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brackenridge ...
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.
- Arnold
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Barking
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Barking is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barking
- Benjamin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Benjamin is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
- Birdville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Birdville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Butler Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Butler Junction is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Junction
- Curtisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Edgecliff
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Edgecliff is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecliff
- Freeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Laneville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Laneville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneville
- Pleasantville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasantville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Red Hot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Hot is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hot
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- River Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- River Valley is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Valley
- Rural Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Silverville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Silverville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Valley Camp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Camp is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Camp
How Far From Brackenridge 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 Brackenridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Brackenridge and extending to:
- Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brackenridge to Pittsburgh, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 151 miles [243 km] to the east (E). 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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,936 miles [9,553.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,654 miles [10,708.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,529 miles [7,288.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Brackenridge 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Brackenridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Brackenridge 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 Brackenridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6081, Longitude: -79.7412 In this case, the coordinates for Brackenridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.421 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.44 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.248 degrees. |
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