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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brushy 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:
- 32.092939, -95.146612
- 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
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Brushy is near Smith County and also Rusk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk 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
Communities Also Named Brushy ...
We found eight communities that are also named Brushy.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Brushy.
Beyond Texas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Hood County
- This Brushy is located in Hood County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the west of the Brushy that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hood County community of Brushy.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Ashley 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 Arkansas community of Brushy [Ashley County].
- Howard County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Brushy [Howard County].
- Georgia
- Spalding 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 Georgia community of Brushy [Spalding County].
- Iowa
- Webster County
- This Brushy is located in Webster County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the north of the Brushy that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Brushy.
- Kentucky
- Magoffin County
- Although located in Magoffin County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Brushy.
- Taylor 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 Kentucky community of Brushy [Taylor County].
- Oklahoma
- Sequoyah County
- This Brushy is located in Sequoyah County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the north of the Brushy that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sequoyah County community of Brushy.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brushy ...
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.
- Big Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Big Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Blackjack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackjack is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
- Cove Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Springs
- Craft
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Craft is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft
- Griffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Gum Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gum Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Henrys Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Henrys Chapel is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Chapel
- Lake View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lone Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Price
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Walnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Brushy 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brushy and extending to:
- Rusk, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Brushy to Rusk, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,685 miles [12,367.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,562 miles [8,951.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brushy) 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, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0929, Longitude: -95.1466 In this case, the coordinates for Brushy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.765 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.018 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.011 degrees. |
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