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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 Maybrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maybrook 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 Maybrook:
    • 37.303182, -80.539225
    • 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 Maybrook
  • 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 Giles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
    • Since Maybrook is near Montgomery County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Maybrook

Communities Also Named Maybrook ...

We found three communities that are also named Maybrook.

Within Virginia, the name Maybrook is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Orange County
      • This Maybrook is located in Orange County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Maybrook that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Maybrook.
    • 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 Maybrook.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Maybrook is located in Davis County and lies 1,695 miles [2,727.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Maybrook that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Maybrook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maybrook ...

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.

  • Bear Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bear Spring is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Spring
  • Captain
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Captain is located in Craig County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
  • Clover Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Clover Valley is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Valley
  • Dry Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dry Branch is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
  • Hunters Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunters Ridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
  • Meadow Brook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Brook is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
  • Meadow Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Run is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Run
  • Mission Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mission Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
  • Mountain Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Lake is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
  • Mountain View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain View is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Murphy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Murphy is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
  • Orchard View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Orchard View is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Parrott
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Parrott is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
    • Patrick Henry Place
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Patrick Henry Place is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Henry Place
    • Pheasant Run
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Pheasant Run is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
    • Pilgrims Pointe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Pilgrims Pointe is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Pointe
    • Prices Fork
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
    • Ripplemead
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Ripplemead is located in Giles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripplemead
    • Silver Leaf
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver Leaf is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Leaf
    • Staytide ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Staytide is located in Giles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staytide
    • Stonegate
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Stonegate is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
    • Sundance Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sundance Ridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Ridge
    • Sundance Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village
    • University Place
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • University Place is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
    • University Terrace
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • University Terrace is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Terrace
    • Wake Forest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Wake Forest is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake Forest

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

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

  • Pearisburg, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Maybrook to Pearisburg, 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 170 miles [273.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 219 miles [352.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,822 miles [10,978.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,698 miles [7,560.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maybrook) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Maybrook 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>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 Maybrook 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 Maybrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3032, Longitude: -80.5392       In this case, the coordinates for Maybrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.025 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.632 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.738 degrees.