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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 Bredinville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bredinville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bredinville:
    • 40.846731, -79.910611
    • 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 Bredinville
  • 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
    • Since Bredinville is near Armstrong County and also Allegheny County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny 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 Bredinville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bredinville ...

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.

  • Bonnie Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bonnie Brook is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brook
  • Butler
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Greenwood Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood Village is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
  • Herman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Highfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Highfield is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield
  • Meridian
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Meridian is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
  • Mount Chestnut
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Chestnut is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chestnut
  • Nixon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Nixon is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
  • Petersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Petersville is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
  • Rockdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rockdale is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale

How Far From Bredinville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bredinville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Bredinville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 203 miles [326.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,932 miles [9,546.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,527 miles [7,285.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bredinville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Bredinville 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 Bredinville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8467, Longitude: -79.9106       In this case, the coordinates for Bredinville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.512 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.581 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.236 degrees.