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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 Brock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brock and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Brock:
    • 40.266551, -84.558822
    • 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 Brock
  • 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 Darke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Darke County
    • Since Brock is near Mercer County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Brock

Communities Also Named Brock ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Brock.

Within Ohio, the name Brock is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Placer 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 California community of Brock [Placer County].
    • Georgia
      • Paulding County
      • This Brock is located in Paulding County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<2> to the south of the Brock that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Brock.
    • Illinois
      • Kankakee 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 Brock [Kankakee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Laurel County
      • This Brock is located in Laurel County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<2> to the south of the Brock that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurel County community of Brock.
    • Mississippi
      • Carroll 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 Mississippi community of Brock [Carroll County].
    • Missouri
      • Scotland County
      • This Brock is located in Scotland County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<2> to the west of the Brock that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Brock.
    • Nebraska
      • Nemaha County
      • This Brock is located in Nemaha County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<2> to the west of the Brock that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nemaha County community of Brock.
    • Oklahoma
      • Carter County
      • This Brock is located in Carter County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Brock that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Brock.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Brock.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Brock is located in Greene County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<2> to the east of the Brock that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Brock.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Brock lies 1,384 miles [2,227.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Brock that is located in Darke County.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee County
      • This Brock is located in Oconee County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Brock that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Brock.
    • Tennessee
      • Sequatchie 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 Tennessee community of Brock [Sequatchie County].
    • Texas
      • Parker County
      • This Brock is located in Parker County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Brock that is located in Darke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parker County community of Brock.
    • Utah
      • Emery 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 Utah community of Brock [Emery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brock ...

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.

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

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Darke County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brock to Greenville, with an average speed<4> 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 84 miles [135.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,142 miles [9,884.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,747 miles [7,639.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Brock 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Brock 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 Brock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2666, Longitude: -84.5588    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.452 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.837 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.573 degrees.