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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 Brewstertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brewstertown 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 Brewstertown:
- 36.344343, -84.725405
- 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 Brewstertown
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Brewstertown is near Fentress County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fentress County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Brewstertown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brewstertown ...
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.
- Boiling ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling
- Burrville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Coal Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coal Hill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Goad
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Goad is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goad
- Howard Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Howard Ford is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Ford
- Key Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Key Ford is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Ford
- Mount Helen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Helen is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Helen
- Mountain View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mountain View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Robbins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rugby
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Speck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Speck is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck
- Sunbright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Brewstertown 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 Brewstertown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Brewstertown once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Brewstertown and extending to:
- Wartburg, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brewstertown to Wartburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 455 miles [732.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,332 miles [10,190.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,922 miles [7,921.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brewstertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brewstertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Brewstertown 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 Brewstertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3443, Longitude: -84.7254 In this case, the coordinates for Brewstertown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.539 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.372 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.769 degrees. |
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