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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 Village Brook Estate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Village Brook Estate 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 Village Brook Estate:
- 40.289600, -75.402300
- 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 Village Brook Estate
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Village Brook Estate is near Bucks County and also Lehigh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh 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 Village Brook Estate
Curious and Interesting Names Near Village Brook Estate ...
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.
- Creamery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Delphi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Delphi is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Harley Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Harley Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley Glen
- Harleysville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hunter Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hunter Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Crest
- Hunter Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter Villa is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Villa
- Hunters Greene
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hunters Greene is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Greene
- Kingscote
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kingscote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscote
- Mainland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mainland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainland
- Pear Tree Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pear Tree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Tree Village
- Reliance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reliance is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Shirks Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shirks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirks Corner
- Summerwind
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summerwind is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwind
How Far From Village Brook Estate 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 Village Brook Estate to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Village Brook Estate and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Village Brook Estate to Norristown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 77 miles [123.9 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 129 miles [207.6 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 5,770 miles [9,285.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,354 miles [7,007.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Village Brook Estate) 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 Village Brook Estate 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 Village Brook Estate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2896, Longitude: -75.4023 In this case, the coordinates for Village Brook Estate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.815 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.437 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.454 degrees. |
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