Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brooksville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brooksville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brooksville
- 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 Brooksville:
- 34.162040, -86.475543
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Brooksville
- 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Since Brooksville is near Marshall County and also Cullman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- eBird sighting report for Cullman 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Brooksville ...
We found ten communities that share the name Brooksville.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Brooksville.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Morgan County
- This Brooksville is located in Morgan County and lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brooksville that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Brooksville.
- Morgan County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hernando County
- This Brooksville is located in Hernando County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Brooksville that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hernando County community of Brooksville.
- Georgia
- Randolph County
- This Brooksville is located in Randolph County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Brooksville that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Brooksville.
- Kentucky
- Bracken County
- This Brooksville is located in Bracken County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brooksville that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Brooksville.
- Maine
- Hancock County
- This Brooksville is located in Hancock County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brooksville that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Brooksville.
- Mississippi
- Noxubee County
- This Brooksville is located in Noxubee County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brooksville that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noxubee County community of Brooksville.
- Oklahoma
- Pottawatomie County
- This Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the west of the Brooksville that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Brooksville.
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- This Brooksville is located in Horry County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the east of the Brooksville that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Brooksville.
- Tennessee
- Coffee County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Brooksville [Coffee County].
- Vermont
- Addison County
- This Brooksville is located in Addison County and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brooksville that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Addison County community of Brooksville.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brooksville ...
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.
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Birdie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Bright Star
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bright Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Clarence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Craig
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Fowler ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Highmound
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - New Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Harmony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
- New Harmony is located in Cullman County
- Nixon Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nixon Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon Chapel
- Nixon Chapel is located in Marshall County
- Rock Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Blount County
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Royal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Strawberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Strawberry is located in Blount County
- Susan Moore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Union Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Grove is located in Cullman County
- Royal
How Far From Brooksville 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 Brooksville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brooksville and extending to:
- Oneonta, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Brooksville to Oneonta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 616 miles [991.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,094 miles [8,198 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brooksville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Blount County: www.co.blount.al.us/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Brooksville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brooksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1620, Longitude: -86.4755 In this case, the coordinates for Brooksville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brooksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Brooksville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.517 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.192 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.024 degrees. |