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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 Camp Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp 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 Camp Brook:
- 43.850344, -72.693159
- 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 Camp 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 Windsor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Windsor County
- Since Camp Brook is near Orange County and also Rutland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutland 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 Camp Brook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp 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.
- Beanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beanville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanville
- Braintree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Braintree is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Branch School ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Branch School is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch School
- Gaysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gaysville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysville
- Jerusalem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jerusalem is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Michigan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Michigan is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan
- Randolph
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Talcville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Talcville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talcville
How Far From Camp Brook to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Camp 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 Camp Brook and extending to:
- Woodstock, which is the Seat of Windsor County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Camp Brook to Woodstock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 409 miles [658.2 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 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,514 miles [8,873.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,105 miles [6,606.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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- Camp 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 Camp 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 Camp Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8503, Longitude: -72.6932 In this case, the coordinates for Camp Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.749 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.69 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.566 degrees. |
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