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 Browns Corners:
44.968377, -72.968741
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 Browns Corners
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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Browns Corners.
Within Vermont, the name Browns Corners is unique.
Beyond Vermont, 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
Jefferson County
This Browns Corners is located in Jefferson County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Browns Corners that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Browns Corners.
Ohio
Wood County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Wood County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Browns Corners.
Ontario
This Browns Corners lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Browns Corners that is located in Franklin County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Browns Corners ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Browns Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Browns Corners and extending to:
Saint Albans, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Browns Corners to Saint Albans, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 468 miles [753.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,481 miles [8,820.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,078 miles [6,562.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Browns Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Browns Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Browns Corners 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 Browns Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9684, Longitude: -72.9687 In this case, the coordinates for Browns Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.753 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.884 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.126 degrees.