Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Browntown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Browntown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Browntown
- 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 Browntown:
- 41.650909, -76.240211
- 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 Browntown
- 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bradford County
- Since Browntown is near Wyoming County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Browntown ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Browntown.
There are four communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Browntown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Luzerne County
- Northampton County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Autauga County
- This Browntown is located in Autauga County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Browntown that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Autauga County community of Browntown.
- Jackson County
- This Browntown is located in Jackson County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km] to the southwest of the Browntown that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Browntown.
- Walker County
- This Browntown is located in Walker County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km] to the southwest of the Browntown that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Browntown.
- Florida
- Georgia
- Brantley County
- This Browntown is located in Brantley County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Browntown that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brantley County community of Browntown.
- Glynn 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 Georgia community of Browntown [Glynn County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Brown 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 Ohio community of Browntown [Brown County].
- Meigs County
- This Browntown is located in Meigs County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Browntown that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Browntown.
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Browntown is located in Cumberland County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Browntown that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Browntown.
- Wayne County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Browntown [Wayne County].
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- This Browntown is located in Albemarle County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Browntown that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Browntown.
- Amherst County
- This Browntown is located in Amherst County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km] to the south southwest of the Browntown that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Browntown.
- Campbell County
- This Browntown is located in Campbell County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km] to the south southwest of the Browntown that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Browntown.
- Warren County
- This Browntown is located in Warren County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km] to the south southwest of the Browntown that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Browntown.
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Browntown ...
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.
- Asylum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Cherrytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrytown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytown
- Cherrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jenningsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenningsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Laceyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laceyville
- Laceyville is located in Wyoming County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laceyville <5>
- Limehill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Merryall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - New Era
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Rocky Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Forest
- Rocky Forest is located in Wyoming County
- Skinners Eddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Sugar Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Run
- Sugar Run is located in Bradford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar Run <5>
- Terrytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Browntown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Browntown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Browntown and extending to:
- Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Browntown to Towanda, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 100 miles [160.9 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,338 miles [6,981.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Browntown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bradford County: www.bradfordcountypa.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Browntown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Browntown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6509, Longitude: -76.2402 In this case, the coordinates for Browntown 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 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 Browntown 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Browntown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Browntown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.194 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.083 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.245 degrees. |