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 Brownfield:
37.345608, -88.606993
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 Brownfield
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 Pope County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Brownfield.
Within Illinois, the name Brownfield is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
This Brownfield lies 1,510 miles [2,430.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brownfield that is located in Pope County.
Maine
Oxford County
This Brownfield is located in Oxford County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brownfield that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Brownfield.
Mississippi
Tippah County
This Brownfield is located in Tippah County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the south of the Brownfield that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippah County community of Brownfield.
Missouri
Laclede County
This Brownfield is located in Laclede County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the west of the Brownfield that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laclede County community of Brownfield.
Ohio
Belmont County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Belmont County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Brownfield.
Wayne County
This community is historic and although located in Wayne County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Brownfield.
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
This Brownfield is located in Fayette County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brownfield that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Brownfield.
Texas
Terry County
This Brownfield is located in Terry County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brownfield that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Terry County community of Brownfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brownfield ...
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.
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 Brownfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brownfield and extending to:
Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Brownfield to Springfield, with an average speed<3>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 637 miles [1,025.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,439 miles [10,362.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,043 miles [8,115.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brownfield) 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 Brownfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Brownfield 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 Brownfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3456, Longitude: -88.6070 In this case, the coordinates for Brownfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.992 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.334 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.213 degrees.