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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 Britmart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Britmart 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 Britmart:
- 36.883099, -87.281113
- 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 Britmart
- 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 Todd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Todd County
- Since Britmart is near Christian County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Britmart
Curious and Interesting Names Near Britmart ...
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.
- Carl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carl is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Cedar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Fearsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Fruit Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fruit Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
- Honey Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Honey Grove is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Grove
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Tabernacle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tabernacle is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Zion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zion is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Britmart 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 Britmart to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Britmart and extending to:
- Elkton, which is the Seat of Todd County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Britmart to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 574 miles [923.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Britmart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Britmart 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 Britmart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8831, Longitude: -87.2811 In this case, the coordinates for Britmart have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.134 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.283 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.733 degrees. |
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