Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sunny Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunny Brook and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sunny Brook
- 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 Sunny Brook:
- 33.676803, -81.812888
- 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 Sunny Brook
- 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 Aiken County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Aiken County
- Since Sunny Brook is near Edgefield County and also Saluda County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Edgefield County
- eBird sighting report for Saluda 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 Sunny Brook ...
We found three communities that share the name Sunny Brook.
Within South Carolina, the name Sunny Brook is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Cherokee County
- This Sunny Brook is located in Cherokee County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunny Brook that is located in Aiken County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Sunny Brook.
- Michigan
- Emmet 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 Sunny Brook [Emmet County].
- Tennessee
- Sullivan County
- This Sunny Brook is located in Sullivan County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the north of the Sunny Brook that is located in Aiken County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Sunny Brook.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunny Brook ...
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.
- Balltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Big Cone Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Cone Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cone Ridge
- Big Cone Ridge is located in Aiken County
- Eureka
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Graniteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Graniteville is located in Aiken County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graniteville <4>
- Gregg Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregg Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Park
- Gregg Park is located in Aiken County
- Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Highview ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Hillview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Parkhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Pine House Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine House Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine House Crossroads
- Pine House Crossroads is located in Edgefield County
- Pinecrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Rainbow Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Falls
- Rainbow Falls is located in Aiken County
- Wise ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Sunny Brook 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 Sunny Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunny Brook and extending to:
- Aiken, which is the Seat of Aiken County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sunny Brook to Aiken, with an average speed<5> 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 49 miles [78.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 447 miles [719.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,908 miles [7,898.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sunny Brook. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Aiken County: www.aikencounty.net/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunny Brook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sunny Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6768, Longitude: -81.8129 In this case, the coordinates for Sunny Brook 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 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 Sunny Brook 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Sunny Brook to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.76 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.948 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.315 degrees. |