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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 Brewers Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brewers Crossroads 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 Brewers Crossroads:
- 36.509040, -77.603035
- 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 Brewers Crossroads
- 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Since Brewers Crossroads is near Greensville County and also Halifax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greensville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax 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 Brewers Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brewers Crossroads ...
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.
- Brink
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brink is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
- Days Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Days Crossroads is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Crossroads
- Garysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gum Forks is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Forks
- Gumberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gumberry is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumberry
- Mitchells Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mitchells Mill is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Mill
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemary
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemary is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Skippers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slates Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slates Corner is located in Greensville County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slates Corner
How Far From Brewers Crossroads 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 Brewers Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brewers Crossroads and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brewers Crossroads to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 167 miles [268.8 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,024 miles [9,694.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,719 miles [10,813.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Brewers Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Brewers Crossroads 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 Brewers Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5090, Longitude: -77.6030 In this case, the coordinates for Brewers Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.339 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.587 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.822 degrees. |
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