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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 Aethra, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aethra 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 Aethra:
- 35.561185, -87.324179
- 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 Aethra
- 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Since Aethra is near Maury County and also Hickman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maury County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman 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 Aethra
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aethra ...
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.
- Arrow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arrow is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow
- Carpenters ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Carpenters is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,461 people
- Gordonsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gordonsburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsburg
- Greenfield Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
- Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
- Kettle Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kettle Mills is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Mills
- Lovetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lovetown is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovetown
- Maple Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Spring is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Spring
- Mount Joy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Joy is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Needmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Palestine ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Palestine is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Red Row
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Row is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Row
- Rockdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Sandy Hook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Summertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Aethra 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 Aethra to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aethra and extending to:
- Hohenwald, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Aethra to Hohenwald, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 610 miles [981.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,193 miles [11,576 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,068 miles [8,156.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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- Aethra) 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 Aethra 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 Aethra. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5612, Longitude: -87.3242 In this case, the coordinates for Aethra have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.106 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.067 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.062 degrees. |
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