Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brushy Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brushy Mill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brushy Mill
- 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 Brushy Mill:
- 37.281158, -91.294022
- 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 Brushy Mill
- 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 Shannon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Shannon County
- Since Brushy Mill is near Reynolds County and also Dent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Reynolds County
- eBird sighting report for Dent 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brushy Mill ...
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.
- Eminence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eminence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Eminence is located in Shannon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 581 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eminence <2>
- Falk Mill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Flatwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Gang
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - House Hollow ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for House Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Hollow
- House Hollow is located in Shannon County
- Ink
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Junction Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ferry
- Junction Ferry is located in Shannon County
- Owls Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Rat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Round Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
- Round Spring is located in Shannon County
- Timber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Brushy Mill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brushy Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Brushy Mill once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Brushy Mill and extending to:
- Eminence, which is the Seat of Shannon County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brushy Mill to Eminence, with an average speed<5> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,158 miles [8,301 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Brushy Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Brushy Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brushy Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2812, Longitude: -91.2940 In this case, the coordinates for Brushy Mill 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 Brushy Mill 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 316.725 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.325 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.452 degrees. |