Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stony Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stony Brook and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stony Brook
- 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 Stony Brook:
- 40.183442, -75.106283
- 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 Stony 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Stony Brook is near Bucks County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Stony Brook ...
We found three communities that share the name Stony Brook.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Stony Brook is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Stony Brook [Middlesex County].
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis 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 Minnesota community of Stony Brook [Saint Louis County].
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Stony Brook is located in Suffolk County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Stony Brook that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Stony Brook.
- Massachusetts
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony 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.
- Breadysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breadysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breadysville
- Breadysville is located in Bucks County
- Carpenters Way
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpenters Way have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Way
- Carpenters Way is located in Montgomery County
- Casey Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casey Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Village
- Casey Village is located in Bucks County
- County Line
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for County Line have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- County Line is located in Bucks County
- Dublin Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Crossing
- Dublin Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Fairoaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Hartsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Hartsville is located in Bucks County
- Heaton
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Ivybrook Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivybrook Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivybrook Ridge
- Ivybrook Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Ivygreene Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivygreene Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivygreene Run
- Ivygreene Run is located in Bucks County
- Ivyland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivyland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyland
- Ivyland is located in Bucks County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivyland <4>
- Jamestown Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Village
- Jamestown Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Johnsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Johnsville is located in Bucks County
- Lacey Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lacey Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Park
- Lacey Park is located in Bucks County
- Maple Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Glen
- Maple Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple Glen <4>
- Maple Glen Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Glen Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Glen Hollow
- Maple Glen Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Meetinghouse Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meetinghouse Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meetinghouse Village
- Meetinghouse Village is located in Montgomery County
- Mill Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Paper Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paper Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mills
- Paper Mills is located in Montgomery County
- Robert Bruce
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robert Bruce have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert Bruce
- Robert Bruce is located in Montgomery County
- Saw Mill Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saw Mill Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill Valley
- Saw Mill Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Shoemaker Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoemaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Village
- Shoemaker Village is located in Montgomery County
- Willow Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Willow Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willow Grove <4>
- Johnsville
How Far From Stony 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 Stony Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stony Brook and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stony Brook to Norristown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the west (W). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 135 miles [217.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,762 miles [9,273 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,345 miles [6,992.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stony Brook. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Montgomery County: www.montcopa.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Stony Brook 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stony Brook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stony Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1834, Longitude: -75.1063 In this case, the coordinates for Stony Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Stony Brook 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 306.648 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.232 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.371 degrees. |