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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 Brooks Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brooks Crossroads 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 Brooks Crossroads:
- 34.596474, -85.784416
- 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 Brooks Crossroads
- 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Since Brooks Crossroads is near Jackson County and also Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dade 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 Brooks Crossroads
Communities Also Named Brooks Crossroads ...
We found one communities that are also named Brooks Crossroads.
Within Alabama, the name Brooks Crossroads is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Brooks Crossroads in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Yadkin County
- This Brooks Crossroads is located in Yadkin County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brooks Crossroads that is located in DeKalb County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yadkin County community of Brooks Crossroads.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brooks Crossroads ...
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.
- Blake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blake is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Central
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Council Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Council Bluff is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Bluff
- Elliott Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Gray ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- High Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- High Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Index ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Index is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
- Keith
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keith is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Mays Gulf ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mays Gulf is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Gulf
- New Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Home is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- Rainsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Snake Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Snake Creek is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Stamp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stamp is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamp
How Far From Brooks Crossroads 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 Brooks Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brooks Crossroads and extending to:
- Fort Payne, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brooks Crossroads to Fort Payne, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 567 miles [912.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,168 miles [11,535.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,044 miles [8,117.5 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- Brooks Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Brooks Crossroads 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 Brooks Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5965, Longitude: -85.7844 In this case, the coordinates for Brooks Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.121 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.797 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.644 degrees. |
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