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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 Brightwater East, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brightwater East 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 Brightwater East:
    • 35.333450, -82.512899
    • 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 Brightwater East
  • 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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Since Brightwater East is near Transylvania County and also Buncombe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe 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 Brightwater East

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brightwater East ...

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.

  • Bent Tree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bent Tree is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree
  • Camelot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Camelot is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Echo Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Echo Lakes is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lakes
  • Foxwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Foxwood is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
  • Glenn Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenn Brook is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Brook
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hillgirt
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillgirt is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgirt
  • Holly Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Holly Hill is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Horse Shoe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Hunter Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hunter Crossing is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Crossing
  • Indian Cave Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Indian Cave Park is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cave Park
  • Indian Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Indian Cove is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Indian Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Indian Hills is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
    • Lake Rugby
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Lake Rugby is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Rugby
    • Laurel Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Mountain Home
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Overlook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Overlook is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
    • Plantation Walk
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Plantation Walk is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Walk
    • Quail Hollow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Quail Hollow is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
    • Rosebud
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosebud is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
    • Rugby
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Rugby is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
    • Sky Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sky Village is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Village
    • Stone Brook
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Stone Brook is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Brook
    • Terrace Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Terrace Gardens is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Gardens
    • Timbercreek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Timbercreek is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
    • Tree Haven
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Tree Haven is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Haven
    • Twin Brooks
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Twin Brooks is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
    • Valley Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Valley Hill is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brightwater East and extending to:

  • Hendersonville, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Brightwater East to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 White House (Washington, DC) is 389 miles [626 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,990 miles [11,249.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,868 miles [7,834.3 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- Brightwater East) 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 Brightwater East 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 Brightwater East. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3334, Longitude: -82.5129       In this case, the coordinates for Brightwater East have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.196 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.686 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.134 degrees.