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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 Brook Highland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brook Highland 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 Brook Highland:
- 33.435663, -86.673875
- 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 Brook Highland
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Brook Highland is near Jefferson County and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Brook Highland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brook Highland ...
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.
- Camp Horne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Camp Horne is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Horne
- Cherokee Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Bend is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Bend
- Cherokee Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Coventry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Coventry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Heritage Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Oaks is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Oaks
- Hickory Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hidden Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hidden Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Ridge
- Hunters Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hunters Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hill
- Ivy Glenn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ivy Glenn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Glenn
- Lake Purdy
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Longleaf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Longleaf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longleaf
- Meadow Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Moore Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Moore Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Corner
- Mountain Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Rocky Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Bridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bridge
- Rocky Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Shoal Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Shoal Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shoal Run is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Run
- Sunnymeadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnymeadows is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnymeadows
- Tangle Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tangle Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangle Creek
- Tanglewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tanglewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Thornhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Thornhill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
- Timber Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Timber Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Twin Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Twin Bridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridge
- Wine Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wine Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wine Ridge
How Far From Brook Highland to ...
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 Brook Highland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brook Highland and extending to:
- Columbiana, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brook Highland to Columbiana, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,258 miles [11,680.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,135 miles [8,264 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brook Highland) 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 Brook Highland 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 Brook Highland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4357, Longitude: -86.6739 In this case, the coordinates for Brook Highland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.594 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.181 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.263 degrees. |
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