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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 Beasley Road, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beasley Road 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 Beasley Road:
- 35.845899, -86.493048
- 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 Beasley Road
- 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since Beasley Road is near Williamson County and also Bedford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Beasley Road
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beasley Road ...
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.
- Creekside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Creekside is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Dixieland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dixieland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixieland
- Florence
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Florence is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Foxridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Foxridge is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxridge
- Georgetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Glaze
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glaze is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze
- Green Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Meadows is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Hickory Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hickory Hills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Indian Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Springs is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Joyceland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Joyceland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyceland
- Joywood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Joywood is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joywood
- Little Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Little Hope is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Marathon Trail
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marathon Trail is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon Trail
- Meadow Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadow Lane is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
- Overall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Overall is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Riverbend
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverbend is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Royal Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Royal Court is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Court
- Shadowbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shadowbrook is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
- Stonebrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stonebrook is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Beasley Road 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 Beasley Road to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Beasley Road and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies just to the East.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Beasley Road to Nashville, with an average speed<2> 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 just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 559 miles [899.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,020 miles [8,078.9 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- Beasley Road) 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 Beasley Road 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 Beasley Road. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8459, Longitude: -86.4930 In this case, the coordinates for Beasley Road have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.606 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.529 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.642 degrees. |
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