Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brier Creek Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brier Creek Landing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brier Creek Landing

• 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 Brier Creek Landing:
  • 32.782110, -81.431495
  • 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 Brier Creek Landing

• 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 Screven County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Screven County
  • Since Brier Creek Landing is near Allendale County and also Hampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Allendale County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampton 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 Brier Creek Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brier Creek Landing ...

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.

• Farmdale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Farmdale is located in Screven County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
• Green Hill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Hill is located in Screven County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
• Hunters
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hunters is located in Screven County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
• King Creek Landing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • King Creek Landing is located in Allendale County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Creek Landing
• Lena
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lena is located in Hampton County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
• Martins Landing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Martins Landing is located in Hampton County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
• Peeples ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Peeples is located in Hampton County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples
• Red Bluff Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Red Bluff Landing is located in Allendale County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Landing
• Valentine
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Valentine is located in Hampton County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine

How Far From Brier Creek Landing 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 Brier Creek Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brier Creek Landing and extending to:

• Sylvania, which is the Seat of Screven County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Brier Creek Landing to Sylvania, with an average speed<2> 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.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 183 miles [294.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 488 miles [785.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,929 miles [7,932.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'