Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Brooks Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brooks Manor and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brooks Manor

• 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 Brooks Manor:
  • 33.580111, -84.426315
  • 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 Brooks Manor

• 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 Clayton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
  • Since Brooks Manor is near Fulton County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Brooks Manor

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brooks Manor ...

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.

• Castlegate
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Castlegate is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
• Cheeko Manor
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cheeko Manor is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeko Manor
• Evans Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Evans Park is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
• Frog Hollow
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Frog Hollow is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hollow
• Golden Meadows
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Golden Meadows is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
• Green Acres
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Green Acres is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
• Hollydale
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hollydale is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollydale
• Kings Forest
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
  • Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
• Normandy
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Normandy is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
  • Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
• Pleasant Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Skylane Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Skylane Hills is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylane Hills
• Spring Valley
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Valley is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
• Steeplechase
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Steeplechase is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
• Twin Creeks
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Twin Creeks is located in Clayton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks

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

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

• Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Clayton County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Brooks Manor to Atlanta, 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.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,029 miles [8,093.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'