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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 Briarly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Briarly 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 Briarly:
- 40.850894, -77.896392
- 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 Briarly
- 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 Centre County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Since Briarly is near Huntingdon County and also Clearfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield 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 Briarly
Curious and Interesting Names Near Briarly ...
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.
- Buffalo Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo Run is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Run
- Circle Ville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Circle Ville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle Ville
- Dale Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dale Summit is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Summit
- Fishermans Paradise
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fishermans Paradise is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermans Paradise
- Hunter Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter Park is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Park
- Julian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Martha Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Martha Furnace is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha Furnace
- Marysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marysville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Park Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Park Hills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
- Unionville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- University Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- University Park is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Waddle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waddle is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddle
How Far From Briarly 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 Briarly to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Briarly and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Briarly to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 142 miles [228.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,850 miles [9,414.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,441 miles [7,147.1 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 '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- Briarly) 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 Briarly 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 Briarly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8509, Longitude: -77.8964 In this case, the coordinates for Briarly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.273 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.176 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.323 degrees. |
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