Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brookdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookdale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brookdale
- 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 Brookdale:
- 37.107850, -122.108722
- 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 Brookdale
- 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 Santa Cruz County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
- Since Brookdale is near Santa Clara County and also San Mateo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
- eBird sighting report for San Mateo 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 Brookdale ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Brookdale.
Within California, the name Brookdale is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, seventeen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Manitoba
- This Brookdale lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- Maryland
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Camden County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Brookdale [Camden County].
- Essex County
- This Brookdale is located in Essex County and lies 2,553 miles [4,108.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Brookdale.
- New York
- Monroe County
- This Brookdale is located in Monroe County and lies 2,352 miles [3,785.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Brookdale.
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 2,482 miles [3,994.4 km] to the east northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Brookdale.
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Brookdale lies 2,991 miles [4,813.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Cambria County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brookdale [Cambria County].
- Susquehanna County
- This Brookdale is located in Susquehanna County and lies 2,457 miles [3,954.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Brookdale.
- Quebec
- This Brookdale lies 2,481 miles [3,992.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- South Carolina
- Orangeburg County
- This Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County and lies 2,321 miles [3,735.3 km]<1> to the east of the Brookdale that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Brookdale.
- Spartanburg County
- This Brookdale is located in Spartanburg County and lies 2,217 miles [3,567.9 km] to the east of the Brookdale that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Brookdale.
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookdale ...
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.
- Bonny Doon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Doon
- Bonny Doon is located in Santa Cruz County
- Bonny Doon has also been known as:
- Bonnie Doon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonny Doon <3>
- Boulder Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Creek
- Boulder Creek is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boulder Creek <3>
- Forest Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Santa Cruz County
- Forest Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
- Forest Springs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Holy City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Magnetic Spring ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnetic Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Spring
- Magnetic Spring is located in Santa Cruz County
- Majors
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Mission Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Springs
- Mission Springs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Paradise Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
- Paradise Park is located in Santa Cruz County
- Petroleum ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Riverside Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Grove
- Riverside Grove is located in Santa Cruz County
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Brookdale 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 Brookdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookdale and extending to:
- Santa Cruz, which is the Seat of Santa Cruz County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brookdale to Santa Cruz, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,430 miles [3,910.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,452 miles [11,992.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,219 miles [13,227.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brookdale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Santa Cruz County: www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.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- Brookdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brookdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1078, Longitude: -122.1087 |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Brookdale could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Brookdale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.869 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.72 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.971 degrees. |