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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 Brookside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookside and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Brookside:
    • 37.327080, -79.945595
    • 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 Brookside
  • 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 Roanoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
    • Since Brookside is near Roanoke City and also Botetourt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Botetourt 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 Brookside

Communities Also Named Brookside ...

We found 48 communities that are also named Brookside.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Brookside.

Beyond Virginia, we know of 47 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 47 communities, 45 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Page County
      • This Brookside is located in Page County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Brookside.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Brookside is located in Jefferson County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Brookside.
      • Marion County
      • This Brookside is located in Marion County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km] to the west southwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Brookside.
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Brookside is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km] to the west southwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Brookside.
    • California
      • San Bernardino 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 California community of Brookside [San Bernardino County].
    • Colorado
      • Fremont County
      • This Brookside is located in Fremont County and lies 1,373 miles [2,209.6 km]<1> to the west of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Brookside.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Brookside is located in New Castle County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Brookside.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Brookside is located in Hillsborough County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Brookside.
      • Indian River County
      • This Brookside is located in Indian River County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km] to the south of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indian River County community of Brookside.
    • Illinois
      • Kane County
      • This Brookside is located in Kane County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of Brookside.
      • Will County
      • This Brookside is located in Will County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km] to the northwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Brookside.
    • Iowa
      • Black Hawk 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 Iowa community of Brookside [Black Hawk County].
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan County
      • This Brookside is located in Harlan County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the west of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Brookside.
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • This Brookside is located in Calvert County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Brookside.
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire County
      • This Brookside is located in Berkshire County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Brookside.
      • Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Brookside [Middlesex County].
    • Michigan
      • Grand Traverse County
      • This Brookside is located in Grand Traverse County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grand Traverse County community of Brookside.
      • 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 Brookside [Muskegon County].
      • Newaygo County
      • This Brookside is located in Newaygo County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km] to the northwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newaygo County community of Brookside.
    • Mississippi
      • Amite County
      • This Brookside is located in Amite County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amite County community of Brookside.
    • Missouri
      • Cape Girardeau County
      • This Brookside is located in Cape Girardeau County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<1> to the west of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Brookside.
    • Montana
      • Phillips County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Brookside [Phillips County].
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Brookside is located in Morris County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Brookside.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Brookside lies 1,450 miles [2,333.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
    • North Carolina
      • Watauga County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brookside [Watauga County].
      • Wayne 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 North Carolina community of Brookside [Wayne County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Brookside lies 979 miles [1,575.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • This Brookside is located in Belmont County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Brookside.
    • Oklahoma
      • Tulsa 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 Oklahoma community of Brookside [Tulsa County].
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Brookside.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Brookside is located in Allegheny County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the north of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Brookside.
      • Cumberland County
      • This Brookside is located in Cumberland County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km] to the north northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Brookside.
      • Dauphin 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 Brookside [Dauphin County].
      • Erie County
      • This Brookside is located in Erie County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km] to the north of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Brookside.
      • Franklin 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 Pennsylvania community of Brookside [Franklin County].
      • Lycoming County
      • This Brookside is located in Lycoming County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km] to the north northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Brookside.
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Brookside is located in Schuylkill County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km] to the northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Brookside.
      • Wyoming County
      • This Brookside is located in Wyoming County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km] to the north northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Brookside.
      • York 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 Pennsylvania community of Brookside [York County].
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Brookside is located in Greenville County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Brookside.
      • Greenwood County
      • This Brookside is located in Greenwood County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km] to the south southwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Brookside.
    • Tennessee
      • Campbell County
      • This Brookside is located in Campbell County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Brookside.
    • Utah
      • Washington County
      • This Brookside is located in Washington County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<1> to the west of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Brookside.
    • Vermont
      • Chittenden County
      • This Brookside is located in Chittenden County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chittenden County community of Brookside.
      • Windham County
      • This Brookside is located in Windham County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km] to the northeast of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Brookside.
    • West Virginia
      • Preston County
      • This Brookside is located in Preston County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the north of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Brookside.
    • Wisconsin
      • Adams County
      • This Brookside is located in Adams County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Brookside.
      • Oconto County
      • This Brookside is located in Oconto County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km] to the northwest of the Brookside that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconto County community of Brookside.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookside ...

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.

  • Bluestone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bluestone is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
  • Bowling Green
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Bowling Green is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
  • Captains Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Captains Grove is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Grove
  • Eden Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Eden Park is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
  • Greenfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Hedgelawn Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hedgelawn Gardens is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgelawn Gardens
  • Heritage Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Heritage Acres is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Acres
  • Liberty Land
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Liberty Land is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Land
  • Lincoln Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln Court is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Court
  • Lone Oak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Oak is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Meadowland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Meadowland is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowland
  • Meadowview
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Meadowview is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Mountain View
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Mountain View is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Rockydale
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rockydale is located in Roanoke City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockydale
    • Round Hill Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Round Hill Park is located in Roanoke City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill Park
    • Rugby
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rugby is located in Roanoke City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
    • Runaway Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Runaway Village is located in Botetourt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runaway Village
    • Shadeland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Shadeland is located in Roanoke City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
    • Sherry Court
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sherry Court is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry Court
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Roanoke City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
    • Sun Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sun Valley is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
    • Sunnybrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sunnybrook is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
    • Sunrise Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunrise Heights is located in Roanoke City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Heights
    • Tinker Knoll
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Tinker Knoll is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker Knoll
    • Vista Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Vista Heights is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Heights
    • Waterfall Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Waterfall Lake is located in Roanoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall Lake

How Far From Brookside to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookside and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Brookside to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 191 miles [307.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,671 miles [7,517.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Brookside) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Brookside 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 county. 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brookside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Brookside 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 Brookside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3271, Longitude: -79.9456       In this case, the coordinates for Brookside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.673 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.234 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.485 degrees.