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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Burgesstown
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for White County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
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) - Fairyland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Grapevine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Hart ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Herbert Domain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herbert Domain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert Domain
- Herbert Domain is located in Bledsoe County
- Lonewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Music ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - New Era
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Old Winesap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Winesap have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Winesap
- Old Winesap is located in Cumberland County
- Ridgedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Seals ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Todd Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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<2> community of Burgesstown once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Burgesstown and extending to:
- Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Burgesstown to Crossville, with an average speed<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,963 miles [7,987.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cumberland County: www.brockhill.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Burgesstown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burgesstown) to Point B.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). |
| <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 Burgesstown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.79 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.588 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.086 degrees. |