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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 Brook Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brook Springs 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 Brook Springs:
- 32.970709, -82.945977
- 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 Brook Springs
- 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 Brook Springs is near Hancock County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin 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 Brook Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brook Springs ...
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.
- Deepstep
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Goat Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goat Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Town
- Hazard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hazard is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
- Hebron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hebron is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Irwins Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Irwins Crossroads is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwins Crossroads
- Sandersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tabernacle
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tabernacle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
How Far From Brook Springs to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brook Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brook Springs and extending to:
- Sandersville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the East.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Brook Springs to Atlanta, 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 525 miles [844.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,413 miles [10,320.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,108 miles [11,439.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,989 miles [8,029 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 '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- Brook Springs) 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 Brook Springs 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 Brook Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9707, Longitude: -82.9460 In this case, the coordinates for Brook Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.386 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.569 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.924 degrees. |
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