Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brattontown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brattontown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brattontown

• 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 Brattontown:
  • 36.533106, -86.056929
  • 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 Brattontown

• 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
  • Since Brattontown is near Allen County and also Trousdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Allen County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Trousdale 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 Brattontown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brattontown ...

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.

• Beech Bottom
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Beech Bottom is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Bottom
• Cedar Bluff
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Bluff is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
• Cross Lanes
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cross Lanes is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Lanes
• Days Crossroads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Days Crossroads is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Crossroads
• Frog Pond
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Frog Pond is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Pond
• Gap of the Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Gap of the Ridge is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap of the Ridge
• Green Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Green Valley is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
• Haysville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Haysville is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
• Long Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Long Creek is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
• Maple Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Maple Grove is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
• New Harmony
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Harmony is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
• Pleasant Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill

How Far From Brattontown 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 Brattontown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brattontown and extending to:

• Lafayette, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Brattontown to Nashville, with an average speed<2> 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 518 miles [833.6 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,096 miles [11,419.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,971 miles [8,000 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'