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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 Brachfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brachfield and the surrounding area.
- 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 Brachfield:
- 32.045716, -94.648531
- 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 Brachfield
- 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 Rusk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk County
- Since Brachfield is near Panola County and also Nacogdoches County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Panola County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nacogdoches 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 Brachfield
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brachfield ...
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.
- Fair Play
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Play is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Freeneytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freeneytown is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeneytown
- Hickey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hickey is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickey
- Lake View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Laneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Long Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Valley Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Grove is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
- Zion Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Grove is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
How Far From Brachfield 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 Brachfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brachfield and extending to:
- Henderson, which is the Seat of Rusk County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brachfield to Henderson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 220 miles [354.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,095 miles [1,762.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,667 miles [12,338.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,543 miles [8,920.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brachfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Brachfield 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 Brachfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0457, Longitude: -94.6485 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.435 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.626 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.802 degrees. |
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