Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brookdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookdale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brookdale
- 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 Brookdale:
- 34.957895, -82.184833
- 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 Brookdale
- 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 Spartanburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
- Since Brookdale is near Greenville County and also Laurens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- eBird sighting report for Laurens 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Brookdale ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Brookdale.
There is one other community in South Carolina which is also named Brookdale.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Manitoba
- This Brookdale lies 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brookdale that is located in Spartanburg County.
- Maryland
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Camden 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 New Jersey community of Brookdale [Camden County].
- Essex County
- This Brookdale is located in Essex County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Spartanburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Brookdale.
- New York
- Monroe County
- This Brookdale is located in Monroe County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Spartanburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Brookdale.
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km] to the north northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Spartanburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Brookdale.
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Brookdale lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Spartanburg County.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Cambria 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 Brookdale [Cambria County].
- Susquehanna County
- This Brookdale is located in Susquehanna County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Spartanburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Brookdale.
- Quebec
- This Brookdale lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brookdale that is located in Spartanburg County.
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookdale ...
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.
- Harveytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harveytown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
- Harveytown is located in Spartanburg County
- Holiday Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Holiday Hills is located in Greenville County
- Holly Hill Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Hill Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill Heights
- Holly Hill Heights is located in Spartanburg County
- Holly Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Holly Springs is located in Spartanburg County
- Kings ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Lakeview Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Lakeview Heights is located in Greenville County
- Maple
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Greenville County
- Serene Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Serene Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene Heights
- Serene Heights is located in Spartanburg County
How Far From Brookdale 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 Brookdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookdale and extending to:
- Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Brookdale to Spartanburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,290 miles [10,122.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,869 miles [7,835.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brookdale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Spartanburg County: www.co.spartanburg.sc.us/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brookdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brookdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9579, Longitude: -82.1848 In this case, the coordinates for Brookdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Brookdale 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> | 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. |
| <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 Brookdale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.999 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.405 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.108 degrees. |