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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 Bethpage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bethpage 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 Bethpage:
- 36.481987, -86.312557
- 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 Bethpage
- 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 Sumner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner County
- Since Bethpage is near Trousdale County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trousdale County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Bethpage
Communities Also Named Bethpage ...
We found four communities that are also named Bethpage.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Bethpage.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Humphreys County
- This Bethpage is located in Humphreys County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bethpage that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Bethpage.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- McDonald County
- This Bethpage is located in McDonald County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the west of the Bethpage that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDonald County community of Bethpage.
- New York
- Nassau County
- This Bethpage is located in Nassau County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bethpage that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Bethpage.
- Queens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bethpage [Queens County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bethpage ...
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.
- Angeltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Angeltown is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angeltown
- Chestnut Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chipman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Graball
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Graball is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Hartsville Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hartsville Junction is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville Junction
- Hickory Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Kansas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kansas is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Phosphate ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Phosphate is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phosphate
- Rock Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sideview ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sideview is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sideview
How Far From Bethpage to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bethpage to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bethpage and extending to:
- Gallatin, which is the Seat of Sumner County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bethpage to Gallatin, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 533 miles [857.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,109 miles [11,440.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,984 miles [8,021 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bethpage) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Bethpage 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. |
| <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 Bethpage 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 Bethpage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4820, Longitude: -86.3126 In this case, the coordinates for Bethpage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.517 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.516 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.41 degrees. |
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