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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 Brownwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brownwood 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 Brownwood:
    • 33.736218, -84.344647
    • 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 Brownwood
  • 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Since Brownwood is near Fulton County and also Clayton 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 Clayton 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 Brownwood

Communities Also Named Brownwood ...

We found nine communities that are also named Brownwood.

There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Brownwood.

Beyond Georgia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Henry County
      • This Brownwood is located in Henry County and lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Brownwood that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Brownwood.
    • Morgan County
      • This Brownwood is located in Morgan County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Brownwood that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Brownwood.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Brownwood [Tazewell County].
    • Missouri
      • Stoddard County
      • This Brownwood is located in Stoddard County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brownwood that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Brownwood.
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe County
      • This Brownwood is located in Ashe County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brownwood that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashe County community of Brownwood.
    • Texas
      • Brown County
      • This Brownwood is located in Brown County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<1> to the west of the Brownwood that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Brownwood.
      • Harris County
      • This Brownwood is located in Harris County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km] to the west southwest of the Brownwood that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Brownwood.
      • Orange County
      • This Brownwood is located in Orange County and lies 604 miles [972 km] to the west southwest of the Brownwood that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Brownwood.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Brownwood [Fayette County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brownwood ...

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.

  • Cabbage Town
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cabbage Town is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabbage Town
  • Comfort Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Comfort Hill is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort Hill
  • Constitution
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Constitution is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constitution
  • Copen Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Copen Hill is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copen Hill
  • Five Points
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Mechanicsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Orchard Knob
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Orchard Knob is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knob
  • Panthersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Panthersville is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panthersville
  • Peoplestown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Peoplestown is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoplestown
  • Rosedale Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosedale Heights is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Heights
  • Roseland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Roseland is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Skyline Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Skyline Forest is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Forest
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Slabtown ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Slabtown is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
    • Snake Nation ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Snake Nation is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Nation
    • Summerhill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Summerhill is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
    • Vine City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Vine City is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine City
    • Virginia Highlands
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Virginia Highlands is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Highlands

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

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

  • Decatur, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 540 miles [869 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Brownwood to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,018 miles [8,075.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brownwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brownwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Brownwood 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.
<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 Brownwood 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 Brownwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7362, Longitude: -84.3446       In this case, the coordinates for Brownwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.228 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.646 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.273 degrees.