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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 Brock Crossroad, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brock Crossroad 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 Brock Crossroad:
- 30.690544, -85.629331
- 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 Brock Crossroad
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Brock Crossroad is near Holmes County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Brock Crossroad
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brock Crossroad ...
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.
- Caryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Compass Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Compass Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass Lake
- Cottondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gilberts Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gilberts Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberts Mill
- Glass
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glass is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
- Greenhead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greenhead is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhead
- Kent Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kent Mill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Mill
- Live Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Poplar Head
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Head is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Head
- Round Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Round Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake
How Far From Brock Crossroad 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 Brock Crossroad to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brock Crossroad and extending to:
- Chipley, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Brock Crossroad to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>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 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,211 miles [8,386.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brock Crossroad) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Brock Crossroad 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 Brock Crossroad. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6905, Longitude: -85.6293 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.789 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.871 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.426 degrees. |
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