Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brushy Pond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brushy Pond and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brushy Pond

• 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 Brushy Pond:
  • 34.028713, -87.007504
  • 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 Brushy Pond

• 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 Cullman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cullman County
  • Since Brushy Pond is near Winston County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Brushy Pond

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brushy Pond ...

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.

• Black Bottom
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
• Cold Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cold Springs is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
• Colony
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Colony is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
  • Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
• Crane Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crane Hill is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Hill
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crane Hill <1>
• Damascus
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Damascus is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
• Dodge City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dodge City is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
• Good Hope
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Good Hope is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
• Grandview
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Grandview is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
• Misty Harbor
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Misty Harbor is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Harbor
• Sulphur Springs
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
• Trimble
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Trimble is located in Cullman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble

How Far From Brushy Pond to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brushy Pond to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brushy Pond and extending to:

• Cullman, which is the Seat of Cullman County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brushy Pond to Cullman, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 121 miles [194.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 647 miles [1,041.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,247 miles [11,662.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,123 miles [8,244.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'