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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 East Branch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Branch 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 East Branch:
    • 41.033120, -79.050869
    • 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 East Branch
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since East Branch is near Armstrong County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 East Branch

Communities Also Named East Branch ...

We found four communities that are also named East Branch.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named East Branch.

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Warren County
      • This East Branch is located in Warren County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the north northwest of the East Branch that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of East Branch.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Luce 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 Michigan community of East Branch [Luce County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This East Branch lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the East Branch that is located in Jefferson County.
    • New York
      • Delaware County
      • This East Branch is located in Delaware County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the East Branch that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of East Branch.

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Branch ...

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.

  • Colon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Colon is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
  • Conifer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Conifer is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conifer
  • Coolspring
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Frostburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Frostburg is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
  • Fuller
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fuller is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
  • Green Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Harmony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harmony is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Iowa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Iowa is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
  • Norman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Norman is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Panic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Panic is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
  • Pansy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pansy is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy

How Far From East Branch 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 East Branch to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Brookville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the North.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from East Branch to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 181 miles [291.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,889 miles [9,477.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,608 miles [10,634.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,483 miles [7,214.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- East Branch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 East Branch 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 East Branch 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 East Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0331, Longitude: -79.0509       In this case, the coordinates for East Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.97 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.994 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.774 degrees.