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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 Brewer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brewer 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 Brewer:
    • 31.372674, -88.866434
    • 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 Brewer
  • 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
    • Since Brewer is near Greene County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Brewer

Communities Also Named Brewer ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Brewer.

There are two communities within Mississippi that are also named Brewer.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Clarke County
      • This Brewer is located in Clarke County and lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brewer that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Brewer.
    • Lee County
      • This Brewer is located in Lee County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the north of the Brewer that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Brewer.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Cleburne County
      • This Brewer is located in Cleburne County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Brewer that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Brewer.
    • Georgia
      • Effingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brewer [Effingham County].
      • Long County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brewer [Long County].
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Brewer [Vermilion County].
    • Kansas
      • Ottawa County
      • This Brewer is located in Ottawa County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brewer that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Brewer.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Brewer is located in Penobscot County and lies 1,426 miles [2,294.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brewer that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Brewer.
    • Michigan
      • Saginaw County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brewer [Saginaw County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Brewer [Saint Louis County].
    • Missouri
      • Perry County
      • This Brewer is located in Perry County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the north of the Brewer that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Brewer.
    • Montana
      • Broadwater County
      • This Brewer is located in Broadwater County and lies 1,574 miles [2,533.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brewer that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broadwater County community of Brewer.
    • Nebraska
      • Keya Paha County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Keya Paha County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keya Paha County community of Brewer.
    • Ohio
      • Fairfield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brewer [Fairfield County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Pittsburg County
      • This Brewer is located in Pittsburg County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brewer that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsburg County community of Brewer.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Brewer lies 1,527 miles [2,457.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Brewer that is located in Perry County.
    • Texas
      • Freestone County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Brewer [Freestone County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brewer ...

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.

  • Clara
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Clara is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
  • Clark
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Clark is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Good Hope
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Good Hope is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
  • Goodluck
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Goodluck is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
  • Hercules Station
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hercules Station is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hercules Station
  • Indian Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Indian Springs is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Jonathan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jonathan is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan
  • Little Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Little Creek is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
  • Monarch
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Monarch is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
  • Mulberry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mulberry is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Sand Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sand Hill is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill

How Far From Brewer 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 Brewer to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brewer and extending to:

  • New Augusta, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brewer to New Augusta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 845 miles [1,359.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,447 miles [11,984.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,324 miles [8,568.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brewer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Brewer 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.
<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 Brewer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Brewer 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 Brewer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3727, Longitude: -88.8664       In this case, the coordinates for Brewer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.749 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.237 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.526 degrees.