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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 Ashburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashburn 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 Ashburn:
- 36.621154, -86.828608
- 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 Ashburn
- 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 Robertson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Robertson County
- Since Ashburn is near Logan County and also Simpson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson 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 Ashburn
Communities Also Named Ashburn ...
We found seven communities that are also named Ashburn.
Within Tennessee, the name Ashburn is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Glynn 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 Georgia community of Ashburn [Glynn County].
- Turner County
- This Ashburn is located in Turner County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Ashburn that is located in Robertson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Turner County community of Ashburn.
- Worth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ashburn [Worth County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Ashburn is located in Cook County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<2> to the north of the Ashburn that is located in Robertson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Ashburn.
- Missouri
- Pike County
- This Ashburn is located in Pike County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Ashburn that is located in Robertson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Ashburn.
- Ontario
- This Ashburn lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Ashburn that is located in Robertson County.
- Virginia
- Loudoun County
- This Ashburn is located in Loudoun County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ashburn that is located in Robertson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Ashburn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashburn ...
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.
- Bobwhite ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bobwhite is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobwhite
- Cross Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dot is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dot
- Eden Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eden Corner is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Corner
- Green Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Hilltop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Prices Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Providence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
How Far From Ashburn 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 Ashburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ashburn and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Robertson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Ashburn to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 556 miles [894.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,404 miles [10,306.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,125 miles [11,466.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,000 miles [8,046.7 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ashburn 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ashburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Ashburn 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 Ashburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6212, Longitude: -86.8286 In this case, the coordinates for Ashburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.842 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.91 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.599 degrees. |
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