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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 Sunbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunbrook 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 Sunbrook:
- 40.433406, -78.433070
- 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 Sunbrook
- 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 Blair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blair County
- Since Sunbrook is near Cambria County and also Bedford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Sunbrook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunbrook ...
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.
- Cross Keys
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Eldorado
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Foot of Ten
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Foot of Ten is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foot of Ten
- Gaysport
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gaysport is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysport
- Hollidaysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Loop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Loop is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop
- Puzzletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Reservoir
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reservoir is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Stiffler
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stiffler is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiffler
How Far From Sunbrook 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 Sunbrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sunbrook and extending to:
- Hollidaysburg, which is the Seat of Blair County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sunbrook to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 129 miles [207.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,890 miles [9,479 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,480 miles [7,209.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Sunbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sunbrook 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 Sunbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4334, Longitude: -78.4331 In this case, the coordinates for Sunbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.629 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.515 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.727 degrees. |
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