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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 Brush Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brush Harbor 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 Brush Harbor:
    • 37.184298, -80.290878
    • 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 Brush Harbor
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Brush Harbor is near Roanoke County and also Floyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd 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 Brush Harbor

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brush Harbor ...

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.

  • Airport Acres
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Airport Acres is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Acres
  • Apple Acres
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Apple Acres is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Acres
  • Bangs ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bangs is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
  • Cedar Orchard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Orchard is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Orchard
  • Christiansburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clover Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clover Valley is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Valley
  • Craig Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Craig Mountain is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Mountain
  • Crockett Spring ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Crockett Spring is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Spring
  • Echo Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Echo Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
  • Evergreen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Evergreen is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Falling Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Falling Branch is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
  • Farmview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Farmview is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmview
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Knob Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Knob Hill is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
    • Lester Place
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lester Place is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Place
    • Mountain View Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Mountain View Park is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Park
    • Murphy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Murphy is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
    • Oak Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Orchard View
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Orchard View is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
    • Rainbow Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Rainbow Ridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Ridge
    • Raintree Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
    • Ramble Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Ramble Ridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramble Ridge
    • Silver Leaf
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Leaf is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Leaf
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
    • Suburban Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Suburban Hills is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
    • Sugar Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Grove is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
    • Walnut Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Windmill Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Windmill Hills is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Hills
    • Yellow Sulphur
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Yellow Sulphur is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Sulphur
    • Yellow Sulphur Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Christiansburg, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Brush Harbor to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,109 miles [9,831.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,815 miles [10,967.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,692 miles [7,551 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Brush Harbor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Brush Harbor 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 Brush Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1843, Longitude: -80.2909       In this case, the coordinates for Brush Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.881 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.449 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.674 degrees.