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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 Potter Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Potter Brook and the surrounding area.
- 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 Potter Brook:
- 41.913432, -77.603733
- 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 Potter Brook
- 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 Tioga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
- Since Potter Brook is near Potter County and also Steuben County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben 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 Potter Brook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Potter Brook ...
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.
- Alice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alice is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Elmer
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fox Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Hill is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Hector
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Little Marsh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Little Marsh is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Marsh
- Mixtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mixtown is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixtown
- Purple Brook ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Purple Brook is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Brook
- Spring Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Mills is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Telescope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Telescope is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telescope
- Young Hickory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Young Hickory is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Hickory
How Far From Potter Brook 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 Potter Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Potter Brook and extending to:
- Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Potter Brook to Wellsboro, with an average speed<2> 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 6 hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,793 miles [9,322.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,512 miles [10,480 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,387 miles [7,060.2 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Potter Brook) 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 Potter Brook 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 Potter Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9134, Longitude: -77.6037 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.01 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.045 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.759 degrees. |
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