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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 Brownsburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brownsburg 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 Brownsburg:
- 39.842296, -86.393219
- 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 Brownsburg
- 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 Hendricks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hendricks County
- Since Brownsburg is near Marion County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone 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 Brownsburg
Communities Also Named Brownsburg ...
We found five communities that are also named Brownsburg.
Within Indiana, the name Brownsburg is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brownsburg [Columbia County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Brownsburg is located in Bucks County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<2> to the east of the Brownsburg that is located in Hendricks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Brownsburg.
- Quebec
- This Brownsburg lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Brownsburg that is located in Hendricks County.
- Virginia
- Rockbridge County
- This Brownsburg is located in Rockbridge County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Brownsburg that is located in Hendricks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockbridge County community of Brownsburg.
- West Virginia
- Pocahontas County
- This Brownsburg is located in Pocahontas County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Brownsburg that is located in Hendricks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Brownsburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brownsburg ...
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.
- Big Four Yard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Big Four Yard is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Four Yard
- Chapel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Gale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gale is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
- Legendary Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Legendary Hills is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legendary Hills
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Raintown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Raintown is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintown
- Shepherd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shepherd is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
- Snacks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Snacks is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snacks
- Speedway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stonegate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stonegate is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Traders Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Traders Point is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Point
How Far From Brownsburg 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 Brownsburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brownsburg and extending to:
- Danville, which is the Seat of Hendricks County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brownsburg to Danville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,233 miles [10,031 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,964 miles [11,207.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,842 miles [7,792.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Brownsburg 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brownsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Brownsburg 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 Brownsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8423, Longitude: -86.3932 In this case, the coordinates for Brownsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.628 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.119 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.554 degrees. |
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