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36.865981, -76.379666
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We found 36 communities that are also named Briarwood.
There are four communities within Virginia that are also named Briarwood.
Beyond Virginia, we know of 32 communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Albemarle County
This Briarwood is located in Albemarle County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Briarwood.
Augusta County
This Briarwood is located in Augusta County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Briarwood.
Bristol City
This Briarwood is located in Bristol City and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol City community of Briarwood.
Washington 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 Virginia community of Briarwood [Washington County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Briarwood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Briarwood.
Arkansas
Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Briarwood [Pulaski County].
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Briarwood is located in Hillsborough County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Briarwood.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Briarwood is located in Bibb County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Briarwood.
Clayton County
This Briarwood is located in Clayton County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Briarwood.
Columbia County
This Briarwood is located in Columbia County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Briarwood.
Coweta County
This Briarwood is located in Coweta County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Briarwood.
Fulton 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 Georgia community of Briarwood [Fulton County].
Hall County
This Briarwood is located in Hall County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Briarwood.
Muscogee County
This Briarwood is located in Muscogee County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Briarwood.
Illinois
Ogle County
This Briarwood is located in Ogle County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Briarwood.
Indiana
Morgan County
This Briarwood is located in Morgan County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Briarwood.
Kentucky
Jefferson County
This Briarwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Briarwood.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Briarwood is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Briarwood.
Calvert County
This Briarwood is located in Calvert County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Briarwood.
Charles County
This Briarwood is located in Charles County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Briarwood.
Prince George's County
This Briarwood is located in Prince George's County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Briarwood.
Mississippi
Lee County
This Briarwood is located in Lee County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Briarwood.
Lowndes County
This Briarwood is located in Lowndes County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Briarwood.
North Carolina
Pasquotank County
This Briarwood is located in Pasquotank County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasquotank County community of Briarwood.
North Dakota
Cass County
This Briarwood is located in Cass County and lies 1,248 miles [2,008.5 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Briarwood.
Oregon
Clackamas County
This Briarwood is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,442 miles [3,930 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Briarwood.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Briarwood is located in Berks County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Briarwood.
Bucks 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 Briarwood [Bucks County].
South Carolina
Dorchester County
This Briarwood is located in Dorchester County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Briarwood.
Horry County
This Briarwood is located in Horry County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Briarwood.
Pickens County
This Briarwood is located in Pickens County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Briarwood.
Richland County
This Briarwood is located in Richland County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Briarwood.
Tennessee
Coffee County
This Briarwood is located in Coffee County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Briarwood.
Montgomery County
This Briarwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Briarwood.
Rutherford County
This Briarwood is located in Rutherford County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Briarwood.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Briarwood is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,919 miles [3,088.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Briarwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Briarwood ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Briarwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Briarwood and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Briarwood to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 144 miles [231.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,955 miles [9,583.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,530 miles [7,290.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Briarwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Briarwood 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>
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.
<4>
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 Briarwood 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 Briarwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8660, Longitude: -76.3797 In this case, the coordinates for Briarwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.626 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.828 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.215 degrees.