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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:
    • 41.798669, -79.565329
    • 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 East Branch
  • 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 East Branch ...

We found four communities that share the name East Branch.

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

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout 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 ...
    • Jefferson County
      • This East Branch is located in Jefferson County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the south southeast of the East Branch that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson 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 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the East Branch that is located in Warren County.
    • New York
      • Delaware County
      • This East Branch is located in Delaware County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the east of the East Branch that is located in Warren 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.

  • Centerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Columbus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Dotyville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dotyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
    • Dotyville is located in Warren County
  • Fiddlergreen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fiddlergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlergreen
    • Fiddlergreen is located in Warren County
  • Grand Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Valley
    • Grand Valley is located in Warren County
  • Hatchtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatchtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchtown
    • Hatchtown is located in Crawford County
  • Horn Siding
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horn Siding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Siding
    • Horn Siding is located in Warren County
  • Spring Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Spring Creek is located in Warren County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Creek <4>
  • Torpedo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Torpedo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torpedo
    • Torpedo is located in Warren County
  • Triumph
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Triumph have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
    • Triumph is located in Warren County

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:

  • Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from East Branch to Warren, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 174 miles [280 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 240 miles [386.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,877 miles [9,458.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,475 miles [7,201.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Branch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7987, Longitude: -79.5653       In this case, the coordinates for East Branch 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 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>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 East Branch 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 309.24 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.418 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.716 degrees.









 

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