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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 Brownstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brownstown 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 Brownstown:
    • 38.418972, -82.454321
    • 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 Brownstown
  • 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 Cabell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cabell County
    • Since Brownstown is near Lawrence County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Brownstown

Communities Also Named Brownstown ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Brownstown.

There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Brownstown.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Kanawha County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Brownstown [Kanawha County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Sumter County
      • This Brownstown is located in Sumter County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Brownstown.
    • Arkansas
      • Sevier County
      • This Brownstown is located in Sevier County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Brownstown.
    • Illinois
      • Fayette County
      • This Brownstown is located in Fayette County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<2> to the west of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Brownstown.
    • Indiana
      • Crawford County
      • This Brownstown is located in Crawford County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<2> to the west of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Brownstown.
      • Jackson County
      • This Brownstown is located in Jackson County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km] to the west of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Brownstown.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Brownstown is located in Montgomery County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<2> to the east of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Brownstown.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brownstown [Wayne County].
    • Ohio
      • Brown County
      • This Brownstown is located in Brown County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Brownstown.
      • Butler County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Butler County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Brownstown.
      • Ross County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brownstown [Ross County].
      • Wyandot County
      • This Brownstown is located in Wyandot County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km] to the north northwest of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandot County community of Brownstown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Brownstown is located in Armstrong County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Brownstown.
      • Cambria County
      • This Brownstown is located in Cambria County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the northeast of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Brownstown.
      • Fayette County
      • This Brownstown is located in Fayette County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the northeast of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Brownstown.
      • Lancaster County
      • This Brownstown is located in Lancaster County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km] to the east northeast of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Brownstown.
    • Washington
      • Yakima County
      • This Brownstown is located in Yakima County and lies 2,000 miles [3,218.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Brownstown that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Brownstown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brownstown ...

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.

  • Chancellor Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Chancellor Hills is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor Hills
  • Crescent Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Crescent Lake is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
  • Garden Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Garden Farms is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
  • Getaway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Getaway is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Getaway
  • Glenroy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Glenroy is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenroy
  • Harveytown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Harveytown is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
  • Lincoln Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Lockdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lockdale is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockdale
  • Park Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Park Hills is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
  • Rockwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rockwood is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
  • Spring Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Valley is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Walnut Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Walnut Park is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Park
  • Willowvale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Willowvale is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowvale

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Brownstown once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Brownstown and extending to:

  • Huntington, which is the Seat of Cabell County, lies just to the East.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Brownstown to Charleston, with an average speed<4> 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 293 miles [471.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,144 miles [9,887.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,860 miles [11,040.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Brownstown 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.
<2>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- Brownstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Brownstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Brownstown 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 Brownstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4190, Longitude: -82.4543       In this case, the coordinates for Brownstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.161 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.094 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.198 degrees.