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 Braeburn:
37.264581, -80.026706
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.
We found five communities that share the name Braeburn.
Within Virginia, the name Braeburn is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maine
York County
This Braeburn is located in York County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Braeburn.
Maryland
Howard County
This Braeburn is located in Howard County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Braeburn.
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
This Braeburn is located in Dauphin County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Braeburn.
Westmoreland County
This Braeburn is located in Westmoreland County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Braeburn.
Yukon
This Braeburn lies 2,886 miles [4,644.6 km]<1> to the northwest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Braeburn ...
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.
Castle Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Braeburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Braeburn and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Braeburn to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Braeburn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Braeburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2646, Longitude: -80.0267 In this case, the coordinates for Braeburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<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 Braeburn to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.723 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.281 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.539 degrees.