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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 Brookvale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookvale and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Brookvale:
    • 39.691667, -104.800000
    • 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 Brookvale
  • 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 Arapahoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Arapahoe County
    • Since Brookvale is near Adams County and also Denver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Denver 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 Brookvale

Communities Also Named Brookvale ...

We found six communities that are also named Brookvale.

There is one other community in Colorado that is also named Brookvale.

Beyond Colorado, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Colorado ...
    • Clear Creek County
      • This Brookvale is located in Clear Creek County and lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the west of the Brookvale that is located in Arapahoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clear Creek County community of Brookvale.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Brunswick
      • This Brookvale lies 2,006 miles [3,228.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookvale that is located in Arapahoe County.
    • New York
      • Broome County
      • This Brookvale is located in Broome County and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookvale that is located in Arapahoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Brookvale.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Brookvale.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette 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 Brookvale [Fayette County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Brookvale lies 2,114 miles [3,402.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookvale that is located in Arapahoe County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookvale ...

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.

  • Aurora
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Aurora is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 387,377 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <3>
  • Centrepoint
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Centrepoint is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centrepoint
  • Friendly Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Friendly Village is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village
  • Harbor Pointe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Harbor Pointe is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Pointe
  • Havana Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
  • Heather Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Heather Ridge is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Ridge
  • Highpoint
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Highpoint is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
  • Hillcrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hillcrest is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Hillside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillside is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
  • Magee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Magee is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
  • Meadow Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Meadow Hills is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Hills
  • Pheasant Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pheasant Run is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Sableridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Sableridge is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sableridge
    • Settlers Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Settlers Village is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
    • Seven Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Seven Hills is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
    • Side Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Side Creek is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Side Creek
    • Spring Creek Meadows
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Creek Meadows is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Meadows
    • Summer Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Summer Lake is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Lake
    • Summer Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Summer Valley is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Valley
    • Sundown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sundown is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
    • Tollgate
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Tollgate is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
    • Willow Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Willow Park is located in Arapahoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Park

How Far From Brookvale 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 Brookvale to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookvale and extending to:

  • Littleton, which is the Seat of Arapahoe County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brookvale to Littleton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,478 miles [2,378.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 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 7,632 miles [12,282.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,561 miles [8,949.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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- Brookvale) 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 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 Brookvale 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 Brookvale 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 Brookvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6917, Longitude: -104.8000       In this case, the coordinates for Brookvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.384 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.866 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.873 degrees.