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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 Brook Green, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brook Green 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 Brook Green:
- 35.598772, -77.356353
- 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 Brook Green
- 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 Pitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
- Since Brook Green is near Greene County and also Beaufort County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort 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 Brook Green
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brook Green ...
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.
- Camelot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cherry Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Oaks is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Oaks
- Evans Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Evans Park is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Park
- Golden Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Golden Place is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Place
- Green Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Green Springs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenville Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenville Heights is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Heights
- Heritage Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Higgs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Higgs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgs
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lynndale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lynndale is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndale
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meadowbrook is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Planters Walk
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Planters Walk is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planters Walk
- Quail Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Quail Ridge is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Ripple City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ripple City is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple City
- Rock Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rock Springs is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Windy Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Windy Ridge is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Ridge
How Far From Brook Green 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 Brook Green to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brook Green and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Brook Green to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the north (N). Driving 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 6,052 miles [9,739.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,626 miles [7,444.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brook Green) 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 Brook Green 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 Brook Green. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5988, Longitude: -77.3564 In this case, the coordinates for Brook Green have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.231 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.328 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.043 degrees. |
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