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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 Breezewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Breezewood 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 Breezewood:
- 39.999251, -78.238623
- 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 Breezewood
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Breezewood is near Fulton County and also Huntingdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon 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 Breezewood
Communities Also Named Breezewood ...
We found six communities that are also named Breezewood.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Breezewood.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Breezewood [Allegheny County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Kent County
- This Breezewood is located in Kent County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Breezewood that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Breezewood.
- Sussex County
- This Breezewood is located in Sussex County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the east southeast of the Breezewood that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Breezewood.
- Indiana
- Grant 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 Indiana community of Breezewood [Grant County].
- Ohio
- Auglaize County
- This Breezewood is located in Auglaize County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the west of the Breezewood that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Auglaize County community of Breezewood.
- South Carolina
- Greenwood County
- This Breezewood is located in Greenwood County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Breezewood that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Breezewood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Breezewood ...
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.
- Budds Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Budds Place is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budds Place
- Crystal Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Gapsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gapsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapsville
- Graceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graceville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceville
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Mountain House
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Mountain House is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mountain House
- Shortys Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shortys Place is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortys Place
- Valley-Hi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
How Far From Breezewood 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 Breezewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Breezewood and extending to:
- Bedford, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Breezewood to Bedford, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 99 miles [159.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,489 miles [7,224.3 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 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 Breezewood 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Breezewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Breezewood 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 Breezewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9993, Longitude: -78.2386 In this case, the coordinates for Breezewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.538 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.345 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.807 degrees. |
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