Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Brays Landing:
  • 37.318198, -76.472727
  • 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 Brays Landing

• 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 Gloucester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
  • Since Brays Landing is near York County and also Mathews County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mathews 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 Brays Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brays Landing ...

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.

• Crab
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Crab is located in Gloucester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab
• Harbor Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Harbor Hills is located in Gloucester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
• Lands End
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lands End is located in Gloucester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands End
• Marshall Heights
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Marshall Heights is located in Gloucester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
• Ordinary
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Ordinary is located in Gloucester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordinary
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ordinary <1>
• Oyster Cove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Oyster Cove is located in Gloucester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Cove
• Point Lookout
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Point Lookout is located in Gloucester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
• Quiet Cove
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Quiet Cove is located in Gloucester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Cove
• Victory Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Victory Hill is located in Gloucester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Hill

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

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

• Gloucester, which is the Seat of Gloucester County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Brays Landing to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 113 miles [181.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,940 miles [9,559.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,517 miles [7,269.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'