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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 Brushy Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brushy Creek 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 Brushy Creek:
- 30.513532, -97.739731
- 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 Brushy Creek
- 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 Williamson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
- Since Brushy Creek is near Travis County and also Burnet County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Travis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burnet 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 Brushy Creek
Communities Also Named Brushy Creek ...
We found four communities that are also named Brushy Creek.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Brushy Creek.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Anderson County
- This Brushy Creek is located in Anderson County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brushy Creek that is located in Williamson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Brushy Creek.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Butler County
- This Brushy Creek is located in Butler County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the east of the Brushy Creek that is located in Williamson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Brushy Creek.
- Georgia
- Burke County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brushy Creek [Burke County].
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Brushy Creek [Anderson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brushy Creek ...
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 Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jollyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jollyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
- Kings Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Village is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Pond Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pond Springs is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Springs
- Round Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Three Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Three Points is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Turkey Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Turkey Hollow is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Hollow
- Waters Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Waters Park is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Park
How Far From Brushy Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brushy Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brushy Creek and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Williamson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brushy Creek to Georgetown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 75 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,870 miles [12,665.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,747 miles [9,248.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brushy Creek) 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 Brushy Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Brushy Creek 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Brushy Creek 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 Brushy Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5135, Longitude: -97.7397 In this case, the coordinates for Brushy Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.253 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.569 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.297 degrees. |
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