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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 Brickyard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brickyard 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 Brickyard:
    • 32.398479, -85.009932
    • 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 Brickyard
  • 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 Russell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
    • Since Brickyard is near Muscogee County and also Chattahoochee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Muscogee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chattahoochee 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 Brickyard

Communities Also Named Brickyard ...

We found three communities that are also named Brickyard.

Within Alabama, the name Brickyard is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Franklin County
      • This Brickyard is located in Franklin County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the south of the Brickyard that is located in Russell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Brickyard.
    • Georgia
      • Floyd 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 Georgia community of Brickyard [Floyd County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brickyard ...

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.

  • Bibb City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bibb City is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
  • Booker Washington Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cherokee Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cherokee Park is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
  • City Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • City Village is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
  • Columbus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Columbus is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 196,442 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <3>
  • Dinglewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dinglewood is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinglewood
  • Holly Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Hills is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Holly Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Woods is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Woods
  • Merrywood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Merrywood is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Quail Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Quail Creek is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
    • Rolling Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Rose Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Rose Hill is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Rosewood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosewood is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
    • Sand Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Sand Hill is located in Muscogee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
    • Shack ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Shack is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shack

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

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

  • Phenix City, which is the Seat of Russell County, lies just to the North.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Brickyard to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>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 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,227 miles [11,630.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,107 miles [8,218.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Brickyard) 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 Brickyard 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Brickyard 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 Brickyard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3985, Longitude: -85.0099       In this case, the coordinates for Brickyard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.549 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.829 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.839 degrees.