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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 Burgesstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burgesstown and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Burgesstown:
    • 35.826456, -85.161073
    • 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 Burgesstown
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Burgesstown is near White County and also Bledsoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for White County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bledsoe 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 Burgesstown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burgesstown ...

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.

  • Big Lick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
  • Fairyland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairyland is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairyland
  • Grapevine ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Grapevine is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
  • Hart ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hart is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
  • Herbert Domain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Herbert Domain is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert Domain
  • Lonewood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lonewood is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonewood
  • Music ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Music is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
  • New Era
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • New Era is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
  • Oak Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Old Winesap
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Old Winesap is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Winesap
  • Ridgedale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ridgedale is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
  • Seals ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Seals is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals
  • Todd Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town

How Far From Burgesstown 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 Burgesstown 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<1> community of Burgesstown once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Burgesstown and extending to:

  • Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Burgesstown to Crossville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,087 miles [11,405.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,963 miles [7,987.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Burgesstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burgesstown) 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 Burgesstown 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 Burgesstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8265, Longitude: -85.1611       In this case, the coordinates for Burgesstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.79 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.588 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.086 degrees.