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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 Red Bridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Bridge 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 Red Bridge:
    • 39.962591, -77.639713
    • 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 Red Bridge
  • 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Since Red Bridge is near Cumberland County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Red Bridge

Communities Also Named Red Bridge ...

We found five communities that are also named Red Bridge.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Red Bridge.

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • McKean County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Red Bridge [McKean County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Wabash County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Red Bridge [Wabash County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampden County
      • This Red Bridge is located in Hampden County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Red Bridge that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Red Bridge.
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • This Red Bridge is located in Jackson County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<2> to the west of the Red Bridge that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Red Bridge.
    • New Brunswick
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Red Bridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Bridge ...

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.

  • Cheesetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cheesetown is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheesetown
  • Cold Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cold Spring is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Falling Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Falling Spring is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
  • Green Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Village is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
  • Maple Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Maple Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Mount Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Rock is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rock
  • Pleasant Hall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
  • Pleasant View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant View is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Scotland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Smoketown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Smoketown is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketown
  • Social Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Social Island is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Island
  • Turkeyfoot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Turkeyfoot is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeyfoot

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

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

  • Chambersburg, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Red Bridge to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 80 miles [128.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,588 miles [10,602.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,464 miles [7,184.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Red Bridge 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Red Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Red Bridge 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 Red Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9626, Longitude: -77.6397       In this case, the coordinates for Red Bridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.179 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.932 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.559 degrees.