Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brookeland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookeland and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brookeland

• 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 Brookeland:
  • 31.152692, -93.993522
  • 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 Brookeland

• 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 Sabine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine County
  • Since Brookeland is near Jasper County and also San Augustine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for San Augustine 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 Brookeland

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookeland ...

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.

• Blackjack
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Blackjack is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
• Ebenezer
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ebenezer is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Harrisburg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Harrisburg is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
• Harveytown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
• Needmore
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Needmore is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Sam Rayburn
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sam Rayburn is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam Rayburn
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sam Rayburn <1>
• Scrapping Valley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Scrapping Valley is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrapping Valley
• Stringtown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stringtown is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
• Stumptown
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Stumptown is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
• Yellowpine
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Yellowpine is located in Sabine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowpine

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brookeland and extending to:

• Hemphill, which is the Seat of Sabine County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brookeland to Hemphill, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 230 miles [370.1 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 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,682 miles [12,363 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,558 miles [8,944.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'