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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 Brooksville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brooksville 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 Brooksville:
    • 35.505076, -86.009709
    • 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 Brooksville
  • 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
    • Since Brooksville is near Warren County and also Grundy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy 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 Brooksville

Communities Also Named Brooksville ...

We found ten communities that are also named Brooksville.

Within Tennessee, the name Brooksville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Brooksville is located in Blount County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Brooksville that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Brooksville.
      • Morgan County
      • This Brooksville is located in Morgan County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the southwest of the Brooksville that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Brooksville.
    • Florida
      • Hernando County
      • This Brooksville is located in Hernando County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Brooksville that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hernando County community of Brooksville.
    • Georgia
      • Randolph County
      • This Brooksville is located in Randolph County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Brooksville that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Brooksville.
    • Kentucky
      • Bracken County
      • This Brooksville is located in Bracken County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brooksville that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Brooksville.
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Brooksville is located in Hancock County and lies 1,098 miles [1,767.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brooksville that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Brooksville.
    • Mississippi
      • Noxubee County
      • This Brooksville is located in Noxubee County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brooksville that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noxubee County community of Brooksville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Pottawatomie County
      • This Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the west of the Brooksville that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Brooksville.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry County
      • This Brooksville is located in Horry County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Brooksville that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Brooksville.
    • Vermont
      • Addison County
      • This Brooksville is located in Addison County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brooksville that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Addison County community of Brooksville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brooksville ...

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 Jack
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Black Jack is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
  • Dawn ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dawn is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
  • Forest Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
  • Fountain Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fountain Grove is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
  • Glenview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Glenview is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
  • Hillcrest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Mud Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mud Creek is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
  • Ragsdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Ragsdale is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
  • Royal Oaks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
  • Summitville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Summitville is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Brooksville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Brooksville and extending to:

  • Manchester, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Brooksville to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 545 miles [877.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brooksville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brooksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>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 Brooksville 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 Brooksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5051, Longitude: -86.0097       In this case, the coordinates for Brooksville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.296 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.125 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.52 degrees.