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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 Brookgreen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookgreen 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 Brookgreen:
    • 34.982338, -82.400119
    • 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 Brookgreen
  • 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 Greenville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
    • Since Brookgreen is near Pickens County and also Spartanburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg 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 Brookgreen

Communities Also Named Brookgreen ...

We found three communities that are also named Brookgreen.

There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Brookgreen.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Brookgreen in the United States.

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Aiken County
      • This Brookgreen is located in Aiken County and lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Brookgreen that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Brookgreen.
    • Georgetown 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 South Carolina community of Brookgreen [Georgetown County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell County
      • This Brookgreen is located in Iredell County and lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookgreen that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Brookgreen.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookgreen ...

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.

  • Hillandale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hillandale is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
  • Little Texas
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Little Texas is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
  • Locust Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Locust Hill is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Mountain Shadows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountain Shadows is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
  • Oak Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Hollow is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
  • Paris Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Paris Point is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Point
  • Pebble Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pebble Creek is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
  • Peppertree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Peppertree is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertree
  • Sandy Flat
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sandy Flat is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Flat
  • Sunny Slopes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Sunny Slopes is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slopes
  • Travelers Rest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)

How Far From Brookgreen 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 community such as Brookgreen to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Brookgreen to Greenville, 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.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 103 miles [165.8 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 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 400 miles [643.7 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 6,298 miles [10,135.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,000 miles [11,265.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,878 miles [7,850.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brookgreen) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Brookgreen 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 Brookgreen 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 Brookgreen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9823, Longitude: -82.4001       In this case, the coordinates for Brookgreen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.125 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.554 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.186 degrees.