Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Brookes Corner:
  • 38.866780, -77.818883
  • 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 Brookes Corner

• 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 Fauquier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier County
  • Since Brookes Corner is near Prince William County and also Loudoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun 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 Brookes Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookes Corner ...

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.

• Edwardsville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Edwardsville is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
• Frogtown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Frogtown is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
• Halfway
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Halfway is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
• Hopewell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hopewell is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Little Georgetown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Georgetown is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
• Marshall
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Marshall is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <1>
• Meadowville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Meadowville is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
• Old Tavern
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Old Tavern is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tavern
• Rock Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock Hill is located in Fauquier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill

How Far From Brookes Corner to ...

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 Brookes Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Warrenton, which is the Seat of Fauquier County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Brookes Corner to Warrenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 42 miles [67.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,932 miles [9,546.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,515 miles [7,266.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'