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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 Eastbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastbrook 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 Eastbrook:
    • 41.041449, -80.278119
    • 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 Eastbrook
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Eastbrook is near Mercer County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Eastbrook

Communities Also Named Eastbrook ...

We found eight communities that are also named Eastbrook.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Eastbrook is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Eastbrook, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • Although located in Montgomery County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Eastbrook.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Eastbrook is located in Hillsborough County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km]<1> to the south of the Eastbrook that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Eastbrook.
      • Orange 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 Florida community of Eastbrook [Orange County].
      • Seminole 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 Florida community of Eastbrook [Seminole County].
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Eastbrook is located in Hancock County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eastbrook that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Eastbrook.
    • North Carolina
      • Brunswick County
      • This Eastbrook is located in Brunswick County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Eastbrook that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Eastbrook.
    • Tennessee
      • Franklin County
      • This Eastbrook is located in Franklin County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the southwest of the Eastbrook that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Eastbrook.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • - Western Australia
      • Distance: 11,425 miles [18,386.8 km]<1> to the west northwest
      • Open a Google Map centered on Eastbrook

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastbrook ...

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.

  • Clover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Clover is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Cottage Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cottage Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
  • Grahms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grahms is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahms
  • Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Harbor is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
  • Joyce
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Joyce is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
  • Kennedy Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kennedy Mill is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Mill
  • Mayville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mayville is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
  • Painter Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Painter Hill is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Hill
  • Parkstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Parkstown is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkstown
  • Rockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockville is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Rose Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
  • Sunset Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunset Valley is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Valley

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

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

  • New Castle, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Eastbrook to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,938 miles [9,556.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,659 miles [10,716.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,535 miles [7,298.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Eastbrook) 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 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 Eastbrook 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 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 Eastbrook 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 Eastbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0414, Longitude: -80.2781       In this case, the coordinates for Eastbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.73 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.858 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.332 degrees.