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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 Brookings, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookings 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 Brookings:
- 42.052352, -124.283377
- 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 Brookings
- 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 Curry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Curry County
- Since Brookings is near Del Norte County and also Josephine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Del Norte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Josephine 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 Brookings
Communities Also Named Brookings ...
We found four communities that are also named Brookings.
Within Oregon, the name Brookings is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Clay County
- This Brookings is located in Clay County and lies 1,827 miles [2,940.3 km]<1> to the east of the Brookings that is located in Curry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Brookings.
- Michigan
- Newaygo 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 Michigan community of Brookings [Newaygo County].
- South Dakota
- Brookings County
- This Brookings is located in Brookings County and lies 1,386 miles [2,230.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookings that is located in Curry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brookings County community of Brookings.
- Virginia
- Goochland 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 Virginia community of Brookings [Goochland County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookings ...
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.
- Carpenterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carpenterville is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenterville
- Crescent City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Dick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- French Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- French Hill is located in Del Norte County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Hill
- Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Peacocks Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peacocks Ferry is located in Del Norte County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Ferry
- Rockland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rockland is located in Del Norte County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Tryon Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tryon Corner is located in Del Norte County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon Corner
How Far From Brookings 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 Brookings to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookings and extending to:
- Gold Beach, which is the Seat of Curry County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brookings to Gold Beach, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,459 miles [3,957.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 140 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,930 miles [12,762.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,036 miles [9,714 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Brookings) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Brookings 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 Brookings 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 Brookings. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0524, Longitude: -124.2834 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.164 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.687 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.296 degrees. |
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