Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Brick School Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brick School Corner and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brick School Corner

• 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 Brick School Corner:
  • 42.939256, -70.949778
  • 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 Brick School Corner

• 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
  • Since Brick School Corner is near Essex County and also Strafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford 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 Brick School Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brick School Corner ...

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.

• Cemetery Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cemetery Corners is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cemetery Corners
• Five Corners
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Five Corners is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
• Fogg Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Fogg Corner is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corner
• Fogg Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fogg Corners is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corners
• Great Boars Head
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Great Boars Head is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Boars Head
• Littlefield
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Littlefield is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
• Marshall Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall Corner is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Corner
• Powwow River
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Powwow River is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powwow River
• Salisbury Plains
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Salisbury Plains is located in Essex County (MA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Plains
• Salisbury Point
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Salisbury Point is located in Essex County (MA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Point
• Town Hall Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Town Hall Corner is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hall Corner

How Far From Brick School Corner 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 Brick School Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Exeter, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies just to the North.
• Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Brick School Corner to Concord, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 422 miles [679.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,477 miles [8,814.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,062 miles [6,537.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'