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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 Brintons Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brintons Corners 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 Brintons Corners:
    • 40.852842, -80.182005
    • 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 Brintons Corners
  • 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
    • Since Brintons Corners is near Lawrence County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Brintons Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brintons Corners ...

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.

  • Celia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Celia is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celia
  • Duckrun
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Duckrun is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckrun
  • Energy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Energy is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
  • Harmony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Harmony Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Harmony Junction is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Junction
  • Lillyville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lillyville is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
  • Old Furnace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Old Furnace is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Furnace
  • Park Gate
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Park Gate is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Gate
  • Pleasant Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Portersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pyles Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pyles Mills is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyles Mills
  • Rock Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rock Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point

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

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

  • Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brintons Corners to Beaver, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 214 miles [344.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,943 miles [9,564.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,663 miles [10,723.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,538 miles [7,303.2 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brintons Corners) 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 Brintons Corners 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 Brintons Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8528, Longitude: -80.1820       In this case, the coordinates for Brintons Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.68 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.772 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.358 degrees.