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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 Toms Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Toms Brook and the surrounding area.
- 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 Toms Brook:
- 38.946462, -78.439907
- 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 Toms Brook
- 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 Shenandoah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah County
- Since Toms Brook is near Frederick County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Toms Brook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Toms Brook ...
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.
- Burners Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Burners Ford is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burners Ford
- Calvary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Gravel Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gravel Springs is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Springs
- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Meadow Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Mills is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Mills
- Overall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Readus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Readus is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readus
- Seven Fountains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Waterlick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wheatfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wheatfield is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfield
- Willow Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Toms Brook 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 town such as Toms Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Toms Brook and extending to:
- Woodstock, which is the Seat of Shenandoah County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Toms Brook to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 75 miles [120.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,663 miles [10,723.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,539 miles [7,304.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Toms Brook) 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 Toms Brook 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 Toms Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9465, Longitude: -78.4399 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.719 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.389 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.289 degrees. |
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