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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 Brotherton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brotherton 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 Brotherton:
    • 36.188951, -85.379139
    • 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 Brotherton
  • 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
    • Since Brotherton is near Overton County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Overton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Brotherton

Communities Also Named Brotherton ...

We found six communities that are also named Brotherton.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Brotherton.

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Greene County
      • This Brotherton is located in Greene County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the east of the Brotherton that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Brotherton.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Lane 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 Kansas community of Brotherton [Lane County].
    • Michigan
      • Houghton 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 Brotherton [Houghton County].
      • Sanilac County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brotherton [Sanilac County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Somerset County
      • This Brotherton is located in Somerset County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brotherton that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Brotherton.
    • Texas
      • Fannin County
      • This Brotherton is located in Fannin County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brotherton that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Brotherton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brotherton ...

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.

  • Cedar Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Spring is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Spring
  • Jeremiah
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jeremiah is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
  • Laurel Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Laurel Park is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
  • Marchbanks ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Marchbanks is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchbanks
  • Mountain Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mountain Meadows is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
  • Netherlands ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Netherlands is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
  • Poplar Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Poplar Grove is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
  • Rays
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rays is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays
  • Rocky Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Rocky Point is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Sand Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sand Springs is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
  • Shady Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Shady Grove is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove

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

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

  • Cookeville, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Brotherton to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,081 miles [11,395.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,957 miles [7,977.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Brotherton) 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 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 Brotherton 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 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 Brotherton 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 Brotherton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1890, Longitude: -85.3791       In this case, the coordinates for Brotherton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.934 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.804 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.085 degrees.