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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 Brantley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brantley 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 Brantley:
    • 31.582247, -86.256923
    • 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 Brantley
  • 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 Crenshaw County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crenshaw County
    • Since Brantley is near Coffee County and also Covington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Covington 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 Brantley

Communities Also Named Brantley ...

We found four communities that are also named Brantley.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Brantley.

Beyond Alabama, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Dallas County
      • This Brantley is located in Dallas County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brantley that is located in Crenshaw County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Brantley.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Brevard County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Brantley [Brevard County].
    • Georgia
      • Marion County
      • This Brantley is located in Marion County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brantley that is located in Crenshaw County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Brantley.
    • Texas
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Brantley [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brantley ...

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.

  • Bullock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bullock is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
  • Cherokee Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherokee Village is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
  • Five Points
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Five Points is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Ivy Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ivy Creek is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Creek
  • Leon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Leon is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
  • Merrill Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Merrill Mill is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Mill
  • Mulberry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Mulberry is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Peacock ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Peacock is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
  • Pine Level
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Level is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
  • Rose Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rose Hill is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Saddle Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Saddle Hill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Hill
  • Searight
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Searight is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searight
  • Social Town
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Social Town is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Town
  • Weed Crossroad
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Weed Crossroad is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Crossroad

How Far From Brantley 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 town such as Brantley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brantley and extending to:

  • Luverne, which is the Seat of Crenshaw County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Brantley to Luverne, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 724 miles [1,165.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,620 miles [10,653.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,319 miles [11,778.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,199 miles [8,367 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brantley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Brantley 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.
<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 Brantley 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 Brantley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5822, Longitude: -86.2569       In this case, the coordinates for Brantley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.221 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.493 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.483 degrees.