Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bryan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bryan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bryan
- 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 Bryan:
- 40.832843, -79.290317
- 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 Bryan
- 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 Armstrong County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Since Bryan is near Indiana County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Bryan ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Bryan.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Bryan.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Brazos County
- This Bryan is located in Brazos County and lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Bryan that is located in Armstrong County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazos County community of Bryan.
- Wise County
- This Bryan is located in Wise County and lies 1,130 miles [1,818.6 km] to the west southwest of the Bryan that is located in Armstrong County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Bryan.
- West Virginia
- Marion 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 West Virginia community of Bryan [Marion County].
- Mason 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 West Virginia community of Bryan [Mason County].
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bryan ...
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.
- Echo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Hoosicks Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoosicks Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosicks Mill
- Hoosicks Mill is located in Armstrong County
- Loop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Margaret
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Oscar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Pine Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Furnace
- Pine Furnace is located in Armstrong County
- Plumville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Rural Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Valley
- Rural Valley is located in Armstrong County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rural Valley <5>
- Slabtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Smicksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smicksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smicksburg
- Smicksburg is located in Indiana County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smicksburg <5>
- Smicksburg Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smicksburg Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smicksburg Station
- Smicksburg Station is located in Indiana County
How Far From Bryan 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 Bryan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bryan and extending to:
- Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Bryan to Kittanning, with an average speed<6> 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 131 miles [210.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 179 miles [288.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,908 miles [9,508 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,501 miles [7,243.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bryan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bryan 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bryan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bryan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8328, Longitude: -79.2903 In this case, the coordinates for Bryan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bryan, 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 Bryan 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 309.13 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.145 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.959 degrees. |