Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brunning, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brunning and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brunning
- 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 Brunning:
- 46.484071, -116.143750
- 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 Brunning
- 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 Clearwater County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clearwater County
- Since Brunning is near Idaho County and also Nez Perce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Idaho County
- eBird sighting report for Nez Perce 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 Brunning ...
We found one communities that share the name Brunning.
Within Idaho, the name Brunning is unique.
Beyond Idaho, there is another community also named Brunning in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brunning ...
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.
- Best Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Best Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best Corner
- Best Corner is located in Clearwater County
- Blake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Bruce Eddy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruce Eddy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Eddy
- Bruce Eddy is located in Clearwater County
- Cooper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Cow Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Dent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Five Corners ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Five Corners is located in Clearwater County
- Pardee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Pardee Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pardee Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee Corner
- Pardee Corner is located in Idaho County
How Far From Brunning 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 Brunning to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Brunning and extending to:
- Orofino, which is the Seat of Clearwater County, lies just to the West.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Brunning to Boise City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,030 miles [3,267 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,737 miles [10,842.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,505 miles [12,078.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,560 miles [8,948 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brunning. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clearwater County: www.clearwatercounty.org/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Brunning 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brunning) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brunning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4841, Longitude: -116.1438 In this case, the coordinates for Brunning have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Brunning to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.745 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.409 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.861 degrees. |