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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brockroad, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brockroad 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 Brockroad:
- 38.274777, -77.679479
- 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 Brockroad
- 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 Spotsylvania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania County
- Since Brockroad is near Orange County and also Stafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford 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 Brockroad
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brockroad ...
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.
- Chancellor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chancellor is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
- Chancellorsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chancellorsville is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellorsville
- Cookstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cookstown is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookstown
- Hazel Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel Grove is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Grove
- Olivers Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Olivers Corner is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Corner
- Screamerville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove Corner is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Corner
- Todds Tavern
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wilderness
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilderness Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilderness Corner is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness Corner
How Far From Brockroad 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 Brockroad to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brockroad and extending to:
- Spotsylvania, which is the Seat of Spotsylvania County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Brockroad to Richmond, with an average speed<2> 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,655 miles [10,710.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,533 miles [7,295.2 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- Brockroad) 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 Brockroad 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 Brockroad. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2748, Longitude: -77.6795 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.303 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.814 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.217 degrees. |
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