Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brainerd Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brainerd Center and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brainerd Center

• 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 Brainerd Center:
  • 40.949260, -75.296849
  • 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 Brainerd Center

• 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
  • Since Brainerd Center is near Northampton County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Brainerd Center

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brainerd Center ...

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.

• Alpha
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Alpha is located in Northampton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
• Effort
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Effort is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effort
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Effort <1>
• Foxtown Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Foxtown Hill is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Hill
• Gilbert
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Gilbert is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbert <1>
• Grand Central
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Grand Central is located in Northampton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Central
• Gravel Place
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Gravel Place is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Place
• Lower Tannersville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lower Tannersville is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tannersville
• Mechanicsville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mechanicsville is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
• Reeders
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Reeders is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeders
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reeders <1>
• Sandhill
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Sandhill is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
• Stormville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Stormville is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormville
• Tannersville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Tannersville is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannersville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tannersville <1>
• Wind Gap
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Wind Gap is located in Northampton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Gap
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wind Gap <1>

How Far From Brainerd Center 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 Brainerd Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brainerd Center and extending to:

• Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Brainerd Center to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,324 miles [6,958.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'