|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brax-Han Court, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brax-Han Court 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 Brax-Han Court:
- 37.332635, -79.998374
- 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 Brax-Han Court
- 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 Roanoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
- Since Brax-Han Court is near Roanoke City and also Salem City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Salem City
- 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 Brax-Han Court
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brax-Han Court ...
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.
- Bowling Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bowling Green is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Captains Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Captains Grove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Grove
- Cherry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cherry Hill is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Covehaven Court
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Covehaven Court is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covehaven Court
- Dale Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dale Court is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Court
- Dawnwood Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dawnwood Forest is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawnwood Forest
- Eden Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eden Park is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
- Edgelawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Edgelawn is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgelawn
- Evans Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evans Hill is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Hill
- Forest Lawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Lawn is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Park is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Foxwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Foxwood is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
- Continue List (29 more) ...
- Glen Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Glen Cove is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Greenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Grove Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grove Park is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Hanging Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hanging Rock is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Hedgelawn Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hedgelawn Gardens is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgelawn Gardens
- Hemlock Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hemlock Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Hills
- Heritage Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Acres is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Acres
- Honeysuckle Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Honeysuckle Bluff is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Bluff
- Locust Grove Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove Park is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Park
- Lone Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lone Oak is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Meadowland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowland is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowland
- Meadowview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowview is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Medley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Medley is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medley
- Mountain View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain View is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Plainview
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Plainview is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Rolling Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rolling Woods is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Woods
- Round Hill Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Round Hill Park is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill Park
- Rugby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rugby is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Shadeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shadeland is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Sherry Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sherry Court is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry Court
- Spring Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Spruce Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce Hill is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Summit Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Summit Hills is located in Roanoke City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills
- Sun Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sun Valley is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sunnybrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunnybrook is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Tinker Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tinker Knoll is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker Knoll
- Vista Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vista Heights is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Heights
- Willow Green
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Willow Green is located in Roanoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Green
- Woodside Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside Park is located in Salem City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Park
How Far From Brax-Han Court 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 Brax-Han Court to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brax-Han Court and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Brax-Han Court to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,090 miles [9,800.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,796 miles [10,937.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brax-Han Court) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Brax-Han Court 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 Brax-Han Court. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3326, Longitude: -79.9984 In this case, the coordinates for Brax-Han Court have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.704 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.27 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.505 degrees. |
|
|