Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brookdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookdale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brookdale
- 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 Brookdale:
- 41.977299, -75.811301
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Brookdale
- 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 Susquehanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Susquehanna County
- Since Brookdale is near Broome County and also Tioga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Broome County
- eBird sighting report for Tioga 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Brookdale ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Brookdale.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Brookdale.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Manitoba
- This Brookdale lies 1,267 miles [2,039 km]<2> to the northwest of the Brookdale that is located in Susquehanna County.
- Maryland
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Camden 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 New Jersey community of Brookdale [Camden County].
- Essex County
- This Brookdale is located in Essex County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Brookdale that is located in Susquehanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Brookdale.
- New York
- Monroe County
- This Brookdale is located in Monroe County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Brookdale that is located in Susquehanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Brookdale.
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the north northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Susquehanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Brookdale.
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Brookdale lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Susquehanna County.
- Ohio
- Quebec
- This Brookdale lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<2> to the north of the Brookdale that is located in Susquehanna County.
- South Carolina
- Orangeburg County
- This Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Brookdale that is located in Susquehanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Brookdale.
- Spartanburg County
- This Brookdale is located in Spartanburg County and lies 594 miles [956 km] to the southwest of the Brookdale that is located in Susquehanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Brookdale.
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookdale ...
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.
- Corbettsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbettsville
- Corbettsville is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corbettsville <3>
- Fivemile Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fivemile Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Point
- Fivemile Point is located in Broome County (NY)
- Flowers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Great Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bend
- Great Bend is located in Susquehanna County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Bend <3>
- Heart Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heart Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart Lake
- Heart Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Hickory Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Susquehanna County
- Island Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Plain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Plain
- Island Plain is located in Susquehanna County
- Lawsville Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsville Center
- Lawsville Center is located in Susquehanna County
- Lester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Summit Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hill
- Summit Hill is located in Broome County (NY)
- Tingley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Williams Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner
- Williams Corner is located in Susquehanna County
How Far From Brookdale 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 Brookdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookdale and extending to:
- Montrose, which is the Seat of Susquehanna County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brookdale to Montrose, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 222 miles [357.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,717 miles [9,200.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,308 miles [6,933.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brookdale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Susquehanna County: www.susquehanna.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Brookdale 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brookdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brookdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9773, Longitude: -75.8113 In this case, the coordinates for Brookdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Brookdale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.90 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.803 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.908 degrees. |