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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 Brigadoon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brigadoon 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 Brigadoon:
    • 39.999542, -76.613855
    • 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 Brigadoon
  • 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Since Brigadoon is near Lancaster County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin 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 Brigadoon

Communities Also Named Brigadoon ...

We found seven communities that are also named Brigadoon.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Brigadoon is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Fayette County
      • This Brigadoon is located in Fayette County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brigadoon that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Brigadoon.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Brigadoon is located in Baltimore County and lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the south of the Brigadoon that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Brigadoon.
      • Frederick County
      • This Brigadoon is located in Frederick County and lies 59 miles [95 km] to the southwest of the Brigadoon that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Brigadoon.
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Brigadoon [Gloucester County].
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • This Brigadoon is located in Johnston County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Brigadoon that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Brigadoon.
      • Orange County
      • This Brigadoon is located in Orange County and lies 302 miles [486 km] to the south southwest of the Brigadoon that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Brigadoon.
    • Virginia
      • Virginia Beach City
      • This Brigadoon is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the south of the Brigadoon that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Brigadoon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brigadoon ...

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.

  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Golden is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • Greystone Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Greystone Farms is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Farms
  • Highmount
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Highmount is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmount
  • Locust Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Locust Grove is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Longstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Longstown is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstown
  • Longview Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Longview Heights is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
  • Orchard Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Orchard Hill is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
  • Panorama Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Panorama Hills is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Hills
  • Spring Plains
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Plains is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Plains
  • Stoner
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Stoner is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoner
  • Yorkshire
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Yorkshire is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brigadoon and extending to:

  • York, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Brigadoon to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 79 miles [127.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,833 miles [9,387.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,418 miles [7,110.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Brigadoon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Brigadoon 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.
<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 Brigadoon 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 Brigadoon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9995, Longitude: -76.6139       In this case, the coordinates for Brigadoon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.561 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.237 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.099 degrees.