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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 Brown Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brown Hill 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 Brown Hill:
    • 41.790826, -79.932963
    • 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 Brown Hill
  • 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 Brown Hill ...

We found three communities that share the name Brown Hill.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Brown Hill is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bleckley County
      • This Brown Hill is located in Bleckley County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Brown Hill that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bleckley County community of Brown Hill.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Brown Hill.
    • Texas
      • Gonzales County
      • This Brown Hill is located in Gonzales County and lies 1,275 miles [2,051.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brown Hill that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gonzales County community of Brown Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brown Hill ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <4>
  • Clappville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clappville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clappville
    • Clappville is located in Crawford County
  • Indian Head
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Head have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
    • Indian Head is located in Erie County
  • Lakeville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
    • Lakeville is located in Crawford County
  • Lincolnville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincolnville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
    • Lincolnville is located in Crawford County
  • Little Cooley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Cooley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cooley
    • Little Cooley is located in Crawford County
  • New Ireland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Ireland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
    • New Ireland is located in Erie County
  • Riceville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riceville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
    • Riceville is located in Crawford County
  • Rootville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rootville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville
    • Rootville is located in Crawford County
  • Townville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Townville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
    • Townville is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
  • Tryonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
    • Tryonville is located in Crawford County
  • Union City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • Union City is located in Erie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,097 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <4>

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

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

  • Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brown Hill to Meadville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 189 miles [304.2 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 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 251 miles [403.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,892 miles [9,482.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,615 miles [10,645.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,491 miles [7,227.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brown Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Crawford County: www.co.crawford.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Brown Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brown Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7908, Longitude: -79.9330       In this case, the coordinates for Brown Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Brown Hill 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Brown Hill 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 309.471 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.678 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.891 degrees.









 

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