Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brushy Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brushy Junction and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brushy Junction

• 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 Brushy Junction:
  • 38.107342, -80.661543
  • 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 Brushy Junction

• 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
  • Since Brushy Junction is near Nicholas County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Brushy Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brushy Junction ...

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.

• Bruce
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bruce is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
• Carl
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Carl is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Carl
  • From Brushy Junction to Carl
• Duo
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Duo is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duo
• Grassy Falls
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Grassy Falls is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Falls
• Green Valley
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Green Valley is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
• Hominy Falls
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hominy Falls is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy Falls
• Jetsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jetsville is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetsville
• Leslie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Leslie is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
• Orient Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Orient Hill
  • From Brushy Junction to Orient Hill
• Snow Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Snow Hill
  • From Brushy Junction to Snow Hill

How Far From Brushy Junction to ...

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 Brushy Junction 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<1> community of Brushy Junction once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brushy Junction and extending to:

• Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brushy Junction to Lewisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 203 miles [326.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,795 miles [10,935.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,670 miles [7,515.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'