Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brantleys Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brantleys Grove and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brantleys Grove

• 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 Brantleys Grove:
  • 36.321266, -76.948847
  • 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 Brantleys Grove

• 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 Hertford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford County
  • Since Brantleys Grove is near Bertie County and also Gates County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bertie County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gates 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 Brantleys Grove

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brantleys Grove ...

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.

• California
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • California is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
• Glovers Crossroads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Glovers Crossroads is located in Bertie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovers Crossroads
• Millennium
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Millennium is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millennium
• Mount Gallows
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mount Gallows is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallows
• Pettys Shore
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pettys Shore is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettys Shore
• Pleasant Plains
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Plains is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
• Poor Town
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Poor Town is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
• Rays Beach
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rays Beach is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Beach
• Storys
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Storys is located in Gates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storys
• Trap
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Trap is located in Bertie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trap
• Union
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Union is located in Hertford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Brantleys Grove 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 community such as Brantleys Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brantleys Grove and extending to:

• Winton, which is the Seat of Hertford County, lies just to the North.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Brantleys Grove to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 177 miles [284.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,696 miles [10,776.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,578 miles [7,367.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'