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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 Twin Brooks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twin Brooks 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 Twin Brooks:
    • 35.352061, -82.505676
    • 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 Twin Brooks
  • 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 Twin Brooks is near Buncombe County and also Transylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania 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 Twin Brooks

Communities Also Named Twin Brooks ...

We found five communities that are also named Twin Brooks.

Within North Carolina, the name Twin Brooks is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Twin Brooks is located in Lauderdale County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the west of the Twin Brooks that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Twin Brooks.
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This Twin Brooks is located in Marion County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Twin Brooks that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Twin Brooks.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York 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 Twin Brooks [York County].
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Twin Brooks is located in Spartanburg County and lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Twin Brooks that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Twin Brooks.
    • South Dakota
      • Grant County
      • This Twin Brooks is located in Grant County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the northwest of the Twin Brooks that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Twin Brooks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin Brooks ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Camelot is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Foxwood
    (Less than 2 miles 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 south)
    • Green Acres is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hickory Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Hillgirt
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hillgirt is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgirt
  • Holly Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • 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 south)
    • Hunter Crossing is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Crossing
  • Indian Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Indian Hills is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Lake Rugby
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lake Rugby is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Rugby
  • Laurel Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Mountain Home
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Naples
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Naples is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
    • Plantation Walk
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Plantation Walk is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Walk
    • Rugby
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rugby is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
    • Sky Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] 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 southeast)
      • Stone Brook is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Brook
    • Terrace Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Terrace Gardens is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Gardens
    • Tree Haven
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Tree Haven is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Haven

How Far From Twin Brooks 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 Twin Brooks to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twin Brooks and extending to:

  • Hendersonville, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Twin Brooks to Raleigh, 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 387 miles [622.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,989 miles [11,247.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Twin Brooks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Twin Brooks 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Twin Brooks 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 Twin Brooks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3521, Longitude: -82.5057       In this case, the coordinates for Twin Brooks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.192 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.684 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.126 degrees.