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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:
36.787371, -76.328275
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We found 52 communities that share the name Brentwood.
There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Brentwood.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 49 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 49 communities, 50 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Chesterfield County
This Brentwood is located in Chesterfield County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Brentwood.
Norfolk City
This Brentwood is located in Norfolk City and lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Brentwood.
Roanoke City
This Brentwood is located in Roanoke City and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Brentwood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Blount County
This Brentwood is located in Blount County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Brentwood.
Houston County
This Brentwood is located in Houston County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Brentwood.
Madison County
This Brentwood is located in Madison County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Brentwood.
Montgomery County
This Brentwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Brentwood.
Tuscaloosa County
This Brentwood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Brentwood.
Arkansas
Washington County
This Brentwood is located in Washington County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Brentwood.
California
Contra Costa County
This Brentwood is located in Contra Costa County and lies 2,466 miles [3,968.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Brentwood.
Los Angeles County
This Brentwood is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,359 miles [3,796.4 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Brentwood.
Florida
Broward County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Brentwood [Broward County].
Duval County
This Brentwood is located in Duval County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Brentwood.
Escambia County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Brentwood [Escambia County].
Hillsborough County
This Brentwood is located in Hillsborough County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Brentwood.
Georgia
DeKalb County
This Brentwood is located in DeKalb County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Brentwood.
Dougherty County
This Brentwood is located in Dougherty County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Brentwood.
Newton County
This Brentwood is located in Newton County and lies 476 miles [766 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Brentwood.
Wayne County
This Brentwood is located in Wayne County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Brentwood.
Illinois
Cook County
This Brentwood is located in Cook County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Brentwood.
Indiana
Johnson County
This Brentwood is located in Johnson County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Brentwood.
Madison County
This Brentwood is located in Madison County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Brentwood.
Kentucky
Green County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Brentwood [Green County].
Hopkins County
This Brentwood is located in Hopkins County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Brentwood.
Maryland
Frederick County
This Brentwood is located in Frederick County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Brentwood.
Prince George's County
This Brentwood is located in Prince George's County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Brentwood.
Michigan
Muskegon County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brentwood [Muskegon County].
Missouri
Saint Louis County
This Brentwood is located in Saint Louis County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Brentwood.
New Hampshire
Rockingham County
This Brentwood is located in Rockingham County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Brentwood.
New York
Suffolk County
This Brentwood is located in Suffolk County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Brentwood.
North Carolina
Cumberland County
This Brentwood is located in Cumberland County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Brentwood.
Edgecombe County
This Brentwood is located in Edgecombe County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgecombe County community of Brentwood.
Lee County
This Brentwood is located in Lee County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Brentwood.
Lenoir County
This Brentwood is located in Lenoir County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Brentwood.
Pitt County
This Brentwood is located in Pitt County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Brentwood.
Wake County
This Brentwood is located in Wake County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Brentwood.
Nova Scotia
This Brentwood lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This Brentwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Brentwood.
Lake County
This Brentwood is located in Lake County and lies 430 miles [692 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Brentwood.
Lawrence County
This Brentwood is located in Lawrence County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Brentwood.
Ontario
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Brentwood is located in Allegheny County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Brentwood.
Lancaster County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brentwood [Lancaster County].
South Carolina
Charleston County
This Brentwood is located in Charleston County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Brentwood.
Greenville County
This Brentwood is located in Greenville County and lies 361 miles [581 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Brentwood.
Orangeburg County
This Brentwood is located in Orangeburg County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Brentwood.
Tennessee
Hamblen County
This Brentwood is located in Hamblen County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Brentwood.
Hamilton County
This Brentwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Brentwood.
Knox County
This Brentwood is located in Knox County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Brentwood.
Montgomery County
This Brentwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Brentwood.
Washington County
This Brentwood is located in Washington County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Brentwood.
Williamson County
This Brentwood is located in Williamson County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Brentwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brentwood ...
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 Point (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brentwood and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Brentwood to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 150 miles [241.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,531 miles [7,291.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brentwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brentwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7874, Longitude: -76.3283 In this case, the coordinates for Brentwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Brentwood 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 . 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.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.601 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.787 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.224 degrees.