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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 Brush Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brush Lake 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 Brush Lake:
- 40.168114, -83.577427
- 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 Brush Lake
- 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 Champaign County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
- Since Brush Lake is near Union County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Brush Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brush Lake ...
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.
- Cable
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cable is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fountain Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fountain Park is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
- Irwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Kingscreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mechanicsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mingo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mutual
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Pottersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pottersburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersburg
- Rosedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
How Far From Brush Lake 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 Brush Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Brush Lake once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Brush Lake and extending to:
- Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brush Lake to Urbana, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,109 miles [9,831.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,710 miles [7,580 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Brush Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Brush Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Brush Lake 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 Brush Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1681, Longitude: -83.5774 In this case, the coordinates for Brush Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.831 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.115 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.15 degrees. |
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