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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 Brayfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brayfield 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 Brayfield:
    • 38.410360, -82.535713
    • 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 Brayfield
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Brayfield is near Wayne County and also Cabell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cabell 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 Brayfield

Communities Also Named Brayfield ...

We found one communities that are also named Brayfield.

Within Ohio, the name Brayfield is unique.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Brayfield in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Brayfield [Franklin County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brayfield ...

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.

  • Big Sandy Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Big Sandy Junction is located in Boyd County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Junction
  • Buffalo Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Buffalo Creek is located in Wayne County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Creek
  • Clearview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Clearview is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Glenroy
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Glenroy is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenroy
  • Harveytown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Harveytown is located in Cabell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
  • Lincoln Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Lockdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lockdale is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockdale
  • Meadow Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Meadow Haven is located in Wayne County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Haven
  • Neal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Neal is located in Wayne County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Normal
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Normal is located in Boyd County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
    • Spring Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Valley is located in Wayne County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Sulphur Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
    • Sweet Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sweet Run is located in Wayne County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Run
    • Walnut Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Walnut Park is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Park
    • Willowvale
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Willowvale is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowvale

How Far From Brayfield to ...

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 Brayfield to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brayfield and extending to:

  • Ironton, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brayfield to Ironton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 298 miles [479.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,147 miles [9,892.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,739 miles [7,626.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Brayfield 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brayfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Brayfield 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 Brayfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4104, Longitude: -82.5357       In this case, the coordinates for Brayfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.211 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.15 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.236 degrees.