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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 Brocktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brocktown 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 Brocktown:
- 34.071496, -93.608516
- 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 Brocktown
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Brocktown is near Hempstead County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hempstead County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Brocktown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brocktown ...
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.
- Ball ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ball is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
- Billstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Delight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elk ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elk is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Hopewell ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Maxwell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maxwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Pike City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Pleasant Home ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Home is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
- Stanley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stanley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
How Far From Brocktown 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 Brocktown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Brocktown once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Brocktown and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the West.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Brocktown to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 976 miles [1,570.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,796 miles [10,937.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,526 miles [12,111.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,403 miles [8,695.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Brocktown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brocktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Brocktown 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 Brocktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0715, Longitude: -93.6085 In this case, the coordinates for Brocktown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.984 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.362 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.069 degrees. |
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