Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bryan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bryan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bryan
- 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 Bryan:
- 36.197355, -81.045635
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bryan
- 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 Wilkes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
- Since Bryan is near Yadkin County and also Surry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Yadkin County
- eBird sighting report for Surry 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bryan ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Bryan.
Within North Carolina, the name Bryan is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- This Bryan is located in Armstrong County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bryan that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Bryan.
- Fayette 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 Pennsylvania community of Bryan [Fayette County].
- Greene County
- This Bryan is located in Greene County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the north of the Bryan that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Bryan.
- Texas
- Brazos County
- This Bryan is located in Brazos County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bryan that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazos County community of Bryan.
- Wise County
- This Bryan is located in Wise County and lies 953 miles [1,533.7 km] to the west of the Bryan that is located in Wilkes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Bryan.
- West Virginia
- Marion 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 West Virginia community of Bryan [Marion County].
- Mason County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bryan [Mason County].
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bryan ...
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.
- Call
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Chuckle ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Dockery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Fairplains
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairplains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Fishing Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishing Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishing Creek
- Fishing Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Fox Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Hays
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hays have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Hays is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hays <5>
- Hunting Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunting Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Creek
- Hunting Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Knottville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knottville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottville
- Knottville is located in Wilkes County
- Martin ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Offer ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Roaring River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roaring River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
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- Sunset Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Falls
- Sunset Falls is located in Wilkes County
- Whitty ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Wildwood Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Park
- Wildwood Park is located in Wilkes County
- Windy Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Falls
How Far From Bryan to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bryan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Bryan once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bryan and extending to:
- Wilkesboro, which is the Seat of Wilkes County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Bryan to Raleigh, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 287 miles [461.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,185 miles [9,953.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,767 miles [7,671.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wilkes County: www.wilkescounty.net/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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- Bryan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bryan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1974, Longitude: -81.0456 In this case, the coordinates for Bryan 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 Bryan 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bryan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Bryan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.338 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.827 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.292 degrees. |