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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 Boxcroft, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boxcroft 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 Boxcroft:
- 36.573659, -87.425010
- 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 Boxcroft
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Boxcroft is near Christian County and also Stewart 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 Stewart 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 Boxcroft
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boxcroft ...
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.
- Birchwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Birchwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Boiling Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Boiling Springs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Cedarbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
- Clarksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Endsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Endsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endsville
- Green Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Kennedy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kennedy is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Louise Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Meadow Lane
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meadow Lane is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Peachers Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peachers Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachers Mill
- Ranch Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ranch Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Hill
- Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Woodlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Boxcroft 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 Boxcroft to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boxcroft and extending to:
- Clarksville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Boxcroft to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 589 miles [947.9 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 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,028 miles [8,091.8 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 '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- Boxcroft) 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 Boxcroft 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 Boxcroft. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5737, Longitude: -87.4250 In this case, the coordinates for Boxcroft have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.213 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.33 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.87 degrees. |
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