Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brushy Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brushy Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brushy Creek
- 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 Brushy Creek:
- 33.196812, -82.220122
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Brushy Creek
- 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 Burke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Since Brushy Creek is near Jefferson County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- eBird sighting report for Richmond 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Brushy Creek ...
We found four communities that share the name Brushy Creek.
Within Georgia, the name Brushy Creek is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Butler County
- This Brushy Creek is located in Butler County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brushy Creek that is located in Burke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Brushy Creek.
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Brushy Creek [Anderson County].
- Texas
- Anderson County
- This Brushy Creek is located in Anderson County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the west of the Brushy Creek that is located in Burke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Brushy Creek.
- Williamson County
- This Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km] to the west of the Brushy Creek that is located in Burke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Brushy Creek.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brushy Creek ...
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.
- Bath
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Drone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Dyes Crossroad
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyes Crossroad have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyes Crossroad
- Dyes Crossroad is located in Burke County
- Edie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Gordon Terrace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Terrace
- Gordon Terrace is located in Richmond County
- Harlem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,547 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harlem <4>
- Hatchers Store
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatchers Store have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchers Store
- Hatchers Store is located in Burke County
- Hidden Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Hidden Hills is located in Richmond County
- Le Roy ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Noah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Noah is located in Jefferson County
- Noah has also been known as:
- Noah Station
- Quail Hollow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Hollow is located in Richmond County
- Rain Tree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Sand Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Sand Ridge is located in Richmond County
- Spanish Trace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trace
- Spanish Trace is located in Richmond County
How Far From Brushy Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brushy Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Brushy Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Brushy Creek and extending to:
- Waynesboro, which is the Seat of Burke County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brushy Creek to Waynesboro, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,065 miles [11,370 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,947 miles [7,961.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Burke County: www.burkecounty-ga.gov/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brushy Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brushy Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1968, Longitude: -82.2201 In this case, the coordinates for Brushy Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Brushy Creek 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 Brushy Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Brushy Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.98 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.132 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.595 degrees. |