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 Northbrook:
39.920387, -75.688827
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 Northbrook
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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Northbrook.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Northbrook is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Adams County
This Northbrook is located in Adams County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the west of the Northbrook that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Northbrook.
Cook County
This Northbrook is located in Cook County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the west northwest of the Northbrook that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Northbrook.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Northbrook is located in Carroll County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Northbrook that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Northbrook.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This Northbrook is located in Hamilton County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the west of the Northbrook that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Northbrook.
Ontario
This Northbrook lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Northbrook that is located in Chester County.
Tennessee
Knox County
This Northbrook is located in Knox County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Northbrook that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Northbrook.
Texas
Harris County
This Northbrook is located in Harris County and lies 1,323 miles [2,129.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Northbrook that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Northbrook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Northbrook ...
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.
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 Northbrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Northbrook and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Northbrook to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 100 miles [160.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,797 miles [9,329.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,380 miles [7,048.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Northbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Northbrook 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 Northbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9204, Longitude: -75.6888 In this case, the coordinates for Northbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.017 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.608 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.732 degrees.