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 Brookwood Estates:
43.613402, -72.932050
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 Brookwood Estates
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 Rutland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found ten communities that are also named Brookwood Estates.
Within Vermont, the name Brookwood Estates is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Montgomery County
This Brookwood Estates is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brookwood Estates that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Brookwood Estates.
Georgia
Cherokee County
This Brookwood Estates is located in Cherokee County and lies 908 miles [1,461.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brookwood Estates that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Brookwood Estates.
Oconee County
This Brookwood Estates is located in Oconee County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km] to the southwest of the Brookwood Estates that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Brookwood Estates.
Illinois
Will County
This Brookwood Estates is located in Will County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the west of the Brookwood Estates that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Brookwood Estates.
Louisiana
Saint Tammany Parish
This Brookwood Estates is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 1,301 miles [2,093.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brookwood Estates that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Brookwood Estates.
Maryland
Talbot County
This Brookwood Estates is located in Talbot County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Brookwood Estates that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Brookwood Estates.
Mississippi
Lowndes County
This Brookwood Estates is located in Lowndes County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brookwood Estates that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Brookwood Estates.
South Carolina
Cherokee County
This Brookwood Estates is located in Cherokee County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brookwood Estates that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Brookwood Estates.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Brookwood Estates is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,992 miles [3,205.8 km]<1> to the west of the Brookwood Estates that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Brookwood Estates.
Virginia
Chesterfield County
This Brookwood Estates is located in Chesterfield County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Brookwood Estates that is located in Rutland County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Brookwood Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookwood Estates ...
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.
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 Brookwood Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookwood Estates and extending to:
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Brookwood Estates to Montpelier, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 389 miles [626 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,533 miles [8,904.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,249 miles [10,056.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,124 miles [6,636.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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- Brookwood Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Brookwood Estates 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 Brookwood Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6134, Longitude: -72.9321 In this case, the coordinates for Brookwood Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.931 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.855 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.799 degrees.