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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 Brigadoon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brigadoon and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Brigadoon:
    • 36.054031, -79.018621
    • 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 Brigadoon
  • 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
    • Since Brigadoon is near Durham County and also Granville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Durham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Granville 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 Brigadoon

Communities Also Named Brigadoon ...

We found seven communities that are also named Brigadoon.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Brigadoon.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Johnston County
      • This Brigadoon is located in Johnston County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Brigadoon that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Brigadoon.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Fayette County
      • This Brigadoon is located in Fayette County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brigadoon that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Brigadoon.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Brigadoon is located in Baltimore County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brigadoon that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Brigadoon.
      • Frederick County
      • This Brigadoon is located in Frederick County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km] to the north northeast of the Brigadoon that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Brigadoon.
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester 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 New Jersey community of Brigadoon [Gloucester County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Brigadoon is located in York County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brigadoon that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Brigadoon.
    • Virginia
      • Virginia Beach City
      • This Brigadoon is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brigadoon that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Brigadoon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brigadoon ...

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.

  • Cornwallis Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cornwallis Hills is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwallis Hills
  • Falls of New Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Falls of New Hope is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls of New Hope
  • Greymoss
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Greymoss is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greymoss
  • Havenhill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Havenhill is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenhill
  • Heather Glen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Heather Glen is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Glen
  • Heritage Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Heights is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
  • Hillcrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Marywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Marywood is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood
  • Mountain View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain View is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Piney Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Piney Grove is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Poplar Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Poplar Ridge is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
  • Spring Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Spring Valley is located in Durham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Stagecoach Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Stagecoach Run is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Run
    • Suntree
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Suntree is located in Durham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suntree
    • University
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • University is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
    • Whispering Pines
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Whispering Pines is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
    • Wildwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Wildwood is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Willow Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Willow Ridge is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ridge

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

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

  • Hillsborough, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Brigadoon to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 224 miles [360.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,682 miles [7,534.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Brigadoon) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Brigadoon 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>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 Brigadoon 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 Brigadoon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0540, Longitude: -79.0186       In this case, the coordinates for Brigadoon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.163 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.461 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.532 degrees.