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 Brandt:
41.960053, -75.544152
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.
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 Susquehanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Brandt.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Brandt is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Ohio
Miami County
This Brandt is located in Miami County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brandt that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Brandt.
Oregon
Douglas County
This Brandt is located in Douglas County and lies 2,416 miles [3,888.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brandt that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Brandt.
South Dakota
Deuel County
This Brandt is located in Deuel County and lies 1,072 miles [1,725.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brandt that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deuel County community of Brandt.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brandt ...
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.
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 Brandt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brandt and extending to:
Montrose, which is the Seat of Susquehanna County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brandt to Montrose, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 225 miles [362.1 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,707 miles [9,184.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,297 miles [6,915.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brandt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Brandt 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 Brandt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9601, Longitude: -75.5442
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.738 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.617 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.793 degrees.