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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 West Bradford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Bradford 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 West Bradford:
    • 41.963674, -78.668084
    • 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 West Bradford
  • 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 McKean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
    • Since West Bradford is near Cattaraugus County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 West Bradford

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Bradford ...

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.

  • Allen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Allen is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Bells Camp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bells Camp is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Camp
  • Big Shanty
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Big Shanty is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shanty
  • Chipmunk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Chipmunk is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipmunk
  • Harrisburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Harrisburg is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Howard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Howard is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Knapp Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Knapp Creek is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp Creek
  • Lewis Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Limestone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Limestone is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 389 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <1>
  • Marshburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshburg is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshburg
  • New Ireland ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • New Ireland is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
    • New Ireland has also been known as:
    • Irish Town
    • Little Ireland
  • Red Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Red Rock is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Riverside Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Riverside Junction is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
    • Tuna
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Tuna is located in McKean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuna
    • Walkertown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Walkertown is located in McKean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
    • Wolf Run
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Wolf Run is located in McKean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Run

How Far From West Bradford 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 West Bradford to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Bradford and extending to:

  • Smethport, which is the Seat of McKean County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Bradford to Smethport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 148 miles [238.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,834 miles [9,388.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,555 miles [10,549.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,430 miles [7,129.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Bradford) 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 West Bradford 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 West Bradford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9637, Longitude: -78.6681       In this case, the coordinates for West Bradford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.667 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.796 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.233 degrees.