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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 Brentwood Park:
36.620694, -79.387523
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Waymarking ...
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We found seven communities that are also named Brentwood Park.
Within Virginia, the name Brentwood Park is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This Brentwood Park lies 2,332 miles [3,753 km]<1> to the northwest.
California
Los Angeles County
This Brentwood Park is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,194 miles [3,530.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Brentwood Park.
Tuolumne County
This Brentwood Park is located in Tuolumne County and lies 2,227 miles [3,584 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Brentwood Park.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Brentwood Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Brentwood Park.
Maryland
Harford County
This Brentwood Park is located in Harford County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Brentwood Park.
Tennessee
Williamson County
This Brentwood Park is located in Williamson County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Brentwood Park.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Brentwood Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,763 miles [2,837.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Brentwood Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brentwood Park ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brentwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brentwood Park and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Brentwood Park to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 202 miles [325.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brentwood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
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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 Brentwood Park 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 Brentwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6207, Longitude: -79.3875 In this case, the coordinates for Brentwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.363 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.775 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.492 degrees.