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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 Glenbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenbrook 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 Glenbrook:
- 39.238260, -121.035976
- 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 Glenbrook
- 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 Nevada County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Since Glenbrook is near Placer County and also Yuba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba 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 Glenbrook
Communities Also Named Glenbrook ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named Glenbrook.
There is one other community in California that is also named Glenbrook.
Beyond California, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Lake County
- This Glenbrook is located in Lake County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Glenbrook that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Glenbrook.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County and lies 2,479 miles [3,989.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenbrook that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Glenbrook.
- Kentucky
- Harlan 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 Kentucky community of Glenbrook [Harlan County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Glenbrook is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,793 miles [2,885.6 km]<1> to the east of the Glenbrook that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Glenbrook.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Glenbrook is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 2,350 miles [3,782 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenbrook that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Glenbrook.
- Montgomery County
- This Glenbrook is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,330 miles [3,749.8 km] to the east northeast of the Glenbrook that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Glenbrook.
- Nevada
- Douglas County
- This Glenbrook is located in Douglas County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the east of the Glenbrook that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Glenbrook.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Glenbrook is located in Cumberland County and lies 2,310 miles [3,717.6 km]<1> to the east of the Glenbrook that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Glenbrook.
- Montgomery 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 North Carolina community of Glenbrook [Montgomery County].
- Ontario
- This Glenbrook lies 2,374 miles [3,820.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenbrook that is located in Nevada County.
- Oregon
- Benton County
- This Glenbrook is located in Benton County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Glenbrook that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Glenbrook.
- Virginia
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Glenbrook [Fairfax County].
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- This Glenbrook is located in Wood County and lies 2,094 miles [3,370 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenbrook that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Glenbrook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenbrook ...
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.
- Cedar Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Champion ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Champion is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Cypress Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cypress Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Hill
- Forest Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forest Knolls is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
- Gold Flat
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grass Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hills Flat
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hills Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Flat
- Providence ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Providence is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Ridge View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ridge View is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge View
- Sunrise Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sunrise Heights is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Heights
- Timber Trails
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Timber Trails is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- Town Talk
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Town Talk is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Talk
- Union Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
How Far From Glenbrook 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 Glenbrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glenbrook and extending to:
- Nevada City, which is the Seat of Nevada County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Glenbrook to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,335 miles [3,757.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,294 miles [11,738.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,061 miles [12,972.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,112 miles [9,836.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Glenbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Glenbrook 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> | 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 Glenbrook 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 Glenbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2383, Longitude: -121.0360 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.192 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.015 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.306 degrees. |
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