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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 Brookwood Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookwood Forest 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 Brookwood Forest:
- 34.795644, -86.930561
- 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 Brookwood Forest
- 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Since Brookwood Forest is near Colbert County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Brookwood Forest
Communities Also Named Brookwood Forest ...
We found one communities that are also named Brookwood Forest.
Within Alabama, the name Brookwood Forest is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Brookwood Forest in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This Brookwood Forest is located in Greenville County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the east of the Brookwood Forest that is located in Limestone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Brookwood Forest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookwood Forest ...
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.
- Bonnie Doone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bonnie Doone is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Doone
- Cloverleaf
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cloverleaf is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
- Cottonwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cottonwood is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Farmview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Farmview is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmview
- French Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- French Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Mill
- Glenn Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glenn Valley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Valley
- Holland Place
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Holland Place is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Place
- Indian Trace
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Indian Trace is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trace
- Mayflower
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mayflower is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Piney Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Piney Chapel is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Chapel
- Tanner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tanner Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tanner Crossroads is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Crossroads
- Yorkshire
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Yorkshire is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
How Far From Brookwood Forest 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 Brookwood Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookwood Forest and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Brookwood Forest to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 615 miles [989.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,210 miles [11,603.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,085 miles [8,183.5 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- Brookwood Forest) 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 Brookwood Forest 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 Brookwood Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7956, Longitude: -86.9306 In this case, the coordinates for Brookwood Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.826 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.638 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.07 degrees. |
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