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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 West Brow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Brow 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 West Brow:
- 34.922855, -85.415238
- 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 West Brow
- 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 Dade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dade County
- Since West Brow is near Walker County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 West Brow
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Brow ...
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.
- Dickey ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dickey is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Eagle Cliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eagle Cliff is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cliff
- Fantasy Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fantasy Hills is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fantasy Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 316 people
- Green Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Hills is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Happy Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Happy Valley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 192 people
- Haysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- High Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- High Point is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hooker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hooker is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Jamesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jamesburg is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lookout Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Moons is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons
- Mountain View
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mountain View is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- New England
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New England is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
- Rock City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Wildwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
How Far From West Brow 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 West Brow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Brow and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the Seat of Dade County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from West Brow 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 537 miles [864.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Brow) 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 West Brow 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 West Brow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9229, Longitude: -85.4152 In this case, the coordinates for West Brow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.913 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.602 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.415 degrees. |
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