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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 Brittontown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brittontown 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 Brittontown:
- 36.272880, -82.786545
- 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 Brittontown
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Brittontown is near Washington County and also Hawkins County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins 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 Brittontown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brittontown ...
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.
- Craft Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Craft Spring is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft Spring
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grandview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Holland Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holland Mill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Mill
- Locust Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Locust Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Springs
- Mount Hope ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Roaring Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Roaring Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Springs
- Union Temple
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Temple is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Temple
- Walkertown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walkertown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
How Far From Brittontown 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 Brittontown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brittontown and extending to:
- Greeneville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Brittontown to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 362 miles [582.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,255 miles [10,066.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,964 miles [11,207.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,840 miles [7,789.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Brittontown) 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 Brittontown 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 Brittontown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2729, Longitude: -82.7865 In this case, the coordinates for Brittontown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.368 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.019 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.98 degrees. |
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