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Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Brookville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookville 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 Brookville:
    • 37.360143, -79.208358
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Brookville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Brookville ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Brookville.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Brookville.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Alexandria City
      • This Brookville is located in Alexandria City and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexandria City community of Brookville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Jasper County
      • This Brookville is located in Jasper County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Brookville.
      • Ogle County
      • This Brookville is located in Ogle County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Brookville.
      • Vermilion County
      • This Brookville is located in Vermilion County and lies 489 miles [787 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Brookville.
    • Indiana
      • Franklin County
      • This Brookville is located in Franklin County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Brookville.
    • Iowa
      • Jefferson County
      • This Brookville is located in Jefferson County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Brookville.
    • Kansas
      • Saline County
      • This Brookville is located in Saline County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Brookville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Brookville is located in Norfolk County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Brookville.
    • Michigan
      • Washtenaw County
      • This Brookville is located in Washtenaw County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the north northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Brookville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Brookville lies 942 miles [1,516 km]<1> to the northeast.
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Brookville is located in Hunterdon County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Brookville.
      • Ocean County
      • This Brookville is located in Ocean County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km] to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Brookville.
    • New York
      • Genesee County
      • This Brookville is located in Genesee County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the north.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Brookville.
      • Nassau County
      • This Brookville is located in Nassau County and lies 384 miles [618 km] to the northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Brookville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Brookville lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<1> to the northeast.
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • This Brookville is located in Athens County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Brookville.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Brookville is located in Montgomery County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Brookville.
    • Ontario
      • This Brookville lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the north.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson County
      • This Brookville is located in Jefferson County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the north.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Brookville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Saint Croix 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 Wisconsin community of Brookville [Saint Croix County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookville ...

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.

  • Brush Tavern
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brush Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Tavern
    • Brush Tavern is located in Campbell County
  • City Farm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Farm
    • City Farm is located in Campbell County
  • Clay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Clay is located in Bedford County
  • College Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
    • College Park is located in Lynchburg City
  • Deer Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
    • Deer Creek is located in Campbell County
  • Forest Dale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
    • Forest Dale is located in Lynchburg City
  • Heritage Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
    • Heritage Hills is located in Lynchburg City
  • Keystone Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Forest
    • Keystone Forest is located in Lynchburg City
  • Long Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadows
    • Long Meadows is located in Lynchburg City
  • Maple Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
    • Maple Hill is located in Lynchburg City
  • Poplar Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Forest
    • Poplar Forest is located in Bedford County
  • Rainbow Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Forest
    • Rainbow Forest is located in Campbell County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sleepy Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Campbell County
    • Sunny Banks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Banks
      • Sunny Banks is located in Campbell County
    • Three Fountains
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Fountains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Fountains
      • Three Fountains is located in Lynchburg City
    • Timberlake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
      • Timberlake is located in Campbell County
    • Whetstone Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whetstone Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Hills
      • Whetstone Hills is located in Campbell County
    • Woodlawn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
      • Woodlawn is located in Campbell County

How Far From Brookville 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 Brookville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Brookville 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 158 miles [254.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,637 miles [7,462.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brookville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brookville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brookville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3601, Longitude: -79.2084       In this case, the coordinates for Brookville 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 Brookville 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 Brookville 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 309.239 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.742 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.172 degrees.




 

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