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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 Briarcliff:
35.845706, -78.650281
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We found nineteen communities that share the name Briarcliff.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Briarcliff.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Orange County
This Briarcliff is located in Orange County and lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Briarcliff.
Randolph County
This Briarcliff is located in Randolph County and lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the west of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Briarcliff.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Lauderdale County
This Briarcliff is located in Lauderdale County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the west of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Briarcliff.
Tuscaloosa County
This Briarcliff is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km] to the west southwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Briarcliff.
Arkansas
Baxter County
This Briarcliff is located in Baxter County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<1> to the west of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baxter County community of Briarcliff.
Georgia
DeKalb 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 Briarcliff [DeKalb County].
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
This Briarcliff is located in Caddo Parish and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the west of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Briarcliff.
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Briarcliff is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km] to the west southwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Briarcliff.
Mississippi
Hinds County
This Briarcliff is located in Hinds County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Briarcliff.
Ohio
Franklin County
This Briarcliff is located in Franklin County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Briarcliff.
Pennsylvania
Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Briarcliff [Delaware County].
South Carolina
Aiken County
This Briarcliff is located in Aiken County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the southwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Briarcliff.
Anderson County
This Briarcliff is located in Anderson County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the west southwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Briarcliff.
Florence County
This Briarcliff is located in Florence County and lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the south southwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Briarcliff.
Greenwood County
This Briarcliff is located in Greenwood County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km] to the west southwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Briarcliff.
Tennessee
Blount County
This Briarcliff is located in Blount County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the west of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Briarcliff.
Texas
Travis County
This Briarcliff is located in Travis County and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Briarcliff.
Virginia
Roanoke County
This Briarcliff is located in Roanoke County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Briarcliff.
Washington
King County
This Briarcliff is located in King County and lies 2,360 miles [3,798.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Briarcliff that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Briarcliff.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Briarcliff ...
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.
Cedar Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Briarcliff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Briarcliff and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Briarcliff to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,098 miles [9,813.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Briarcliff) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Briarcliff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8457, Longitude: -78.6503 In this case, the coordinates for Briarcliff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Briarcliff 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>
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.
<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 Briarcliff to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.956 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.194 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.456 degrees.