Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brookwood Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookwood Gardens and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brookwood Gardens

• 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 Brookwood Gardens:
  • 36.109858, -79.808365
  • 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 Brookwood Gardens

• 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 Guilford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Guilford County
  • Since Brookwood Gardens is near Rockingham County and also Forsyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth 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 Brookwood Gardens

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookwood Gardens ...

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.

• Fisher Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fisher Park is located in Guilford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Park
• Forest Valley
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Forest Valley is located in Guilford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Valley
• Green Valley
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Green Valley is located in Guilford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
• Lake Daniel
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lake Daniel is located in Guilford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Daniel
• Proximity
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Proximity is located in Guilford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proximity
• Spicewood
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Spicewood is located in Guilford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
• Summit Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Summit Hills is located in Guilford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills
• Sunset Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sunset Hills is located in Guilford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
• Three Meadows
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Three Meadows is located in Guilford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Meadows

How Far From Brookwood Gardens to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brookwood Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brookwood Gardens and extending to:

• Greensboro, which is the Seat of Guilford County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Brookwood Gardens to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 245 miles [394.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,836 miles [11,001.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,715 miles [7,588.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'