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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 Brush Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brush Valley 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 Brush Valley:
- 40.536179, -79.066421
- 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 Brush Valley
- 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 Indiana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Since Brush Valley is near Westmoreland County and also Cambria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria 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 Brush Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brush Valley ...
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.
- Claghorn ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Claghorn is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claghorn
- Clyde
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clyde is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Coral
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dilltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Homer City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ideal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ideal is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
- Littletown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Littletown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
- Pikes Peak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Red Barn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Red Barn is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Barn
- Suncliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Tearing Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tearing Run is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tearing Run
- Tide
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tide is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tide
- Two Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Two Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Lick
- Upper Two Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Two Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Two Lick
How Far From Brush Valley 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 Brush Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brush Valley and extending to:
- Indiana, which is the Seat of Indiana County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Brush Valley to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 156 miles [251.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,628 miles [10,666.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,503 miles [7,246.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brush Valley) 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 Brush Valley 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 Brush Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5362, Longitude: -79.0664 In this case, the coordinates for Brush Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.01 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.963 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.971 degrees. |
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