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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 Brookland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookland 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 Brookland:
- 41.828924, -77.797988
- 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 Brookland
- 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 Potter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
- Since Brookland is near Tioga County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany 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 Brookland
Communities Also Named Brookland ...
We found eight communities that are also named Brookland.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Brookland is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coffee 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 Alabama community of Brookland [Coffee County].
- Arkansas
- Craighead County
- This Brookland is located in Craighead County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Brookland that is located in Potter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Brookland.
- Georgia
- Evans 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 Georgia community of Brookland [Evans County].
- Tattnall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brookland [Tattnall County].
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Brookland is located in Prince George's County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Brookland that is located in Potter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Brookland.
- North Dakota
- Sargent 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 North Dakota community of Brookland [Sargent County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Brookland lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Brookland that is located in Potter County.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Brookland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookland ...
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.
- Burrows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burrows is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Elmer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Hill is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Gold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hector
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ice Mine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ice Mine is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ice Mine
- Lewis Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Corner is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Mixtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mixtown is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixtown
- Raymond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Sweden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sweden is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Sweden Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Telescope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Telescope is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telescope
How Far From Brookland 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 Brookland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookland and extending to:
- Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brookland to Coudersport, 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 116 miles [186.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 206 miles [331.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,398 miles [7,077.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 Brookland 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brookland) 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 Brookland 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 Brookland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8289, Longitude: -77.7980 In this case, the coordinates for Brookland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.137 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.176 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.884 degrees. |
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