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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 Brunswick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brunswick 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 Brunswick:
    • 41.248387, -81.825689
    • 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 Brunswick
  • 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 Brunswick ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Brunswick.

Within Ohio, the name Brunswick is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Brunswick lies 2,248 miles [3,617.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
    • Connecticut
      • Windham County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Windham County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Brunswick.
    • Georgia
      • Glynn County
      • This Brunswick is located in Glynn County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the south of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of Brunswick.
    • Illinois
      • Shelby County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Brunswick [Shelby County].
    • Indiana
      • Clay County
      • This Brunswick is located in Clay County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Brunswick.
      • Lake County
      • This Brunswick is located in Lake County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km] to the west of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Brunswick.
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • This Brunswick is located in Cumberland County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Brunswick.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Brunswick is located in Frederick County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Brunswick.
    • Michigan
      • Muskegon County
      • This Brunswick is located in Muskegon County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskegon County community of Brunswick.
    • Minnesota
      • Kanabec County
      • This Brunswick is located in Kanabec County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanabec County community of Brunswick.
    • Mississippi
      • Warren County
      • This Brunswick is located in Warren County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Brunswick.
    • Missouri
      • Chariton County
      • This Brunswick is located in Chariton County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the west of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chariton County community of Brunswick.
    • Nebraska
      • Antelope County
      • This Brunswick is located in Antelope County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the west of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antelope County community of Brunswick.
    • Nevada
      • Carson City
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Brunswick [Carson City].
      • Ormsby County
      • This community is historic and although located in Ormsby County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ormsby County community of Brunswick.
    • New Mexico
      • Dona Ana County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Brunswick [Dona Ana County].
    • New York
      • Rensselaer County
      • This Brunswick is located in Rensselaer County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rensselaer County community of Brunswick.
    • North Carolina
      • Columbus County
      • This Brunswick is located in Columbus County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbus County community of Brunswick.
      • Randolph County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brunswick [Randolph County].
    • Ontario
      • This Brunswick lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • This Brunswick is located in Shelby County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Brunswick.
    • Texas
      • Cherokee County
      • This Brunswick is located in Cherokee County and lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Brunswick.
    • Virginia
      • Brunswick County
      • This Brunswick is located in Brunswick County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Brunswick that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Brunswick.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brunswick ...

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.

  • Buzzard Roost
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buzzard Roost have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzard Roost
    • Buzzard Roost is located in Medina County
  • Chamberlain ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chamberlain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
    • Chamberlain is located in Medina County
  • Franks Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Corner
    • Franks Corner is located in Medina County
  • Hardscrabble
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardscrabble have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
    • Hardscrabble is located in Medina County
  • Lester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lester have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
    • Lester is located in Medina County
  • Mallet Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallet Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallet Creek
    • Mallet Creek is located in Medina County
  • Pliny ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pliny have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pliny
    • Pliny is located in Medina County
  • Strongsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Valley City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Valley City Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
    • Valley City Station is located in Medina County
  • Windfall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
    • Windfall is located in Medina County

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

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

  • Medina, which is the Seat of Medina County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Brunswick to Columbus, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 300 miles [482.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six 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 5,991 miles [9,641.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Brunswick: www.brunswick.oh.us/

The official website for Medina County: www.co.medina.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Brunswick) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brunswick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2484, Longitude: -81.8257       In this case, the coordinates for Brunswick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Brunswick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Brunswick 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.
<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 Brunswick 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 310.691 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.979 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.975 degrees.









 

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