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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 Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brush Creek 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 Brush Creek:
    • 36.416747, -94.786062
    • 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 Creek
  • 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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
    • Since Brush Creek is near Benton County and also McDonald County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McDonald 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 Creek

Communities Also Named Brush Creek ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Brush Creek.

Within Oklahoma, the name Brush Creek is unique.

Beyond Oklahoma, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Perry County
      • This Brush Creek is located in Perry County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Brush Creek that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Brush Creek.
    • Arkansas
      • Grant County
      • This Brush Creek is located in Grant County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Brush Creek that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Brush Creek.
    • California
      • Butte County
      • This Brush Creek is located in Butte County and lies 1,455 miles [2,341.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brush Creek that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Brush Creek.
    • Iowa
      • Fayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Brush Creek [Fayette County].
    • Kentucky
      • Rockcastle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Brush Creek [Rockcastle County].
    • Minnesota
      • Faribault County
      • This Brush Creek is located in Faribault County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the north of the Brush Creek that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faribault County community of Brush Creek.
    • Missouri
      • Laclede County
      • This Brush Creek is located in Laclede County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brush Creek that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laclede County community of Brush Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Chatham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brush Creek [Chatham County].
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum County
      • This Brush Creek is located in Muskingum County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brush Creek that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Brush Creek.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brush Creek [Beaver County].
    • Tennessee
      • Sequatchie County
      • This Brush Creek is located in Sequatchie County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the east of the Brush Creek that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sequatchie County community of Brush Creek.
      • Smith County
      • This Brush Creek is located in Smith County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km] to the east of the Brush Creek that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Brush Creek.
      • Williamson County
      • This Brush Creek is located in Williamson County and lies 430 miles [692 km] to the east of the Brush Creek that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Brush Creek.
    • West Virginia
      • Boone County
      • This Brush Creek is located in Boone County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brush Creek that is located in Delaware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Brush Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brush Creek ...

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.

  • Bull Hollow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bull Hollow is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Hollow
  • Cave ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cave is located in Benton County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave
  • Cloud Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Cloud Creek is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Creek
  • Dennis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dennis is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
  • Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Grove is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,184 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove <3>
  • Jay
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jay is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,533 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <3>
  • Jaybird ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jaybird is located in Benton County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
  • Maysville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Maysville is located in Benton County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Rome City ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Rome City is located in Benton County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome City
  • Row
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Row is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Row

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

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

  • Jay, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Brush Creek to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 983 miles [1,582 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,719 miles [10,813.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,458 miles [12,002.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,341 miles [8,595.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Brush Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Brush Creek 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.
<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 Brush Creek 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 Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4167, Longitude: -94.7861       In this case, the coordinates for Brush Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.978 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.824 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.237 degrees.