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we pass this GPS location for Brookhaven:
35.865428, -78.684171
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We found 26 communities that share the name Brookhaven.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Brookhaven.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Lee County
This Brookhaven is located in Lee County and lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Brookhaven.
Union County
This Brookhaven is located in Union County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Brookhaven.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Brookhaven is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Brookhaven.
Delaware
New Castle County
This Brookhaven is located in New Castle County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Brookhaven.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Brookhaven is located in Bibb County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Brookhaven.
DeKalb County
This Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km] to the west southwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Brookhaven.
Fulton County
This Brookhaven is located in Fulton County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km] to the west southwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Brookhaven.
Muscogee County
This Brookhaven is located in Muscogee County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km] to the west southwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Brookhaven.
Illinois
Whiteside 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 Illinois community of Brookhaven [Whiteside County].
Indiana
Grant County
This Brookhaven is located in Grant County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Brookhaven.
Kansas
Sedgwick County
This Brookhaven is located in Sedgwick County and lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Brookhaven.
Kentucky
Fayette County
This Brookhaven is located in Fayette County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Brookhaven.
Maryland
Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Brookhaven [Montgomery County].
Mississippi
Lincoln County
This Brookhaven is located in Lincoln County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Brookhaven.
New York
Chemung County
This Brookhaven is located in Chemung County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Brookhaven.
Suffolk County
This Brookhaven is located in Suffolk County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km] to the northeast of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Brookhaven.
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
This Brookhaven is located in Delaware County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Brookhaven.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Brookhaven is located in Greenville County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Brookhaven.
Spartanburg County
This Brookhaven is located in Spartanburg County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the west southwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Brookhaven.
Tennessee
Cumberland County
This Brookhaven is located in Cumberland County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the west of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Brookhaven.
Texas
Bell County
This Brookhaven is located in Bell County and lies 1,135 miles [1,826.6 km]<1> to the west of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Brookhaven.
Harris County
This Brookhaven is located in Harris County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km] to the west southwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Brookhaven.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Brookhaven is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,825 miles [2,937.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Brookhaven.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Brookhaven is located in Fairfax County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Brookhaven.
Richmond City
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 Virginia community of Brookhaven [Richmond City].
West Virginia
Monongalia County
This Brookhaven is located in Monongalia County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Brookhaven that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Brookhaven.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookhaven ...
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.
Chestnut Hills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hills 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 Brookhaven to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookhaven and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies just to the South Southeast.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
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 Brookhaven 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 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 from Point A (ie- Brookhaven) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brookhaven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8654, Longitude: -78.6842 In this case, the coordinates for Brookhaven 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Brookhaven 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 Brookhaven 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 308.975 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.219 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.463 degrees.