Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brook and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brook
- 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 Brook:
- 40.866513, -87.365475
- 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 Brook
- 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Since Brook is near Jasper County and also Iroquois County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- eBird sighting report for Iroquois 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 Brook ...
We found two communities that share the name Brook.
There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Brook.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Brook in the United States.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brook ...
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.
- Beaver City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Collegeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collegeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Donovan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donovan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donovan
- Donovan is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donovan <3>
- Egypt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Fountain Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
- Fountain Park is located in Jasper County
- Goodland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Goodland is located in Newton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodland <3>
- Gravel Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Kentland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kentland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentland
- Kentland is located in Newton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,650 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kentland <3>
- Morocco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morocco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morocco
- Morocco is located in Newton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,086 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morocco <3>
- Rosebud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Brook 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 town such as Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Brook and extending to:
- Kentland, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<4> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Brook to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5>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 563 miles [906.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,837 miles [7,784.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brook. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Brook 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Brook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8665, Longitude: -87.3655 In this case, the coordinates for Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Brook to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.262 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.989 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.727 degrees. |