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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 Brentwood Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brentwood Estates 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 Brentwood Estates:
    • 35.148685, -84.912446
    • 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 Brentwood Estates
  • 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 Bradley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley County
    • Since Brentwood Estates is near Hamilton County and also Whitfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield 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 Brentwood Estates

Communities Also Named Brentwood Estates ...

We found five communities that are also named Brentwood Estates.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Brentwood Estates.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Williamson County
      • This Brentwood Estates is located in Williamson County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brentwood Estates that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Brentwood Estates.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Broward County
      • This Brentwood Estates is located in Broward County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Brentwood Estates that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Brentwood Estates.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This Brentwood Estates is located in Jefferson County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brentwood Estates that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Brentwood Estates.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Brentwood Estates is located in Davis County and lies 1,512 miles [2,433.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brentwood Estates that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Brentwood Estates.
    • Virginia
      • Stafford County
      • This Brentwood Estates is located in Stafford County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brentwood Estates that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Brentwood Estates.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brentwood Estates ...

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.

  • Black Fox
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Black Fox is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Fox
  • Dockery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dockery is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
  • Green Meadow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Meadow is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
  • Hills and Dales
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hills and Dales is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
  • Mountainbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Mountainbrook is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
  • Prospect
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Prospect is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Rolling Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Timber Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Timber Hills is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
  • Tucker Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tucker Springs is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Springs
  • Twin Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Oaks is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks

How Far From Brentwood Estates 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 Brentwood Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Brentwood Estates to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,106 miles [11,436 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,982 miles [8,017.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brentwood Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Brentwood Estates 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 Brentwood Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1487, Longitude: -84.9124       In this case, the coordinates for Brentwood Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.618 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.295 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.154 degrees.