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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 Busy Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Busy Corner 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 Busy Corner:
- 35.530084, -86.159676
- 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 Busy Corner
- 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
- Since Busy Corner is near Bedford County and also Cannon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cannon 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 Busy Corner
Communities Also Named Busy Corner ...
We found one communities that are also named Busy Corner.
Within Tennessee, the name Busy Corner is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Busy Corner in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Amite County
- This Busy Corner is located in Amite County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Busy Corner that is located in Coffee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amite County community of Busy Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Busy Corner ...
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.
- Black Jack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Black Jack is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Cascade Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glenview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenview is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Gnat Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gnat Hill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnat Hill
- Hillcrest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Holly ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Hoodoo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hoodoo is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodoo
- Lewis Store
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lewis Store is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Store
- Noah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Noah is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Normandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Union Ridge is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Walkersville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walkersville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
How Far From Busy Corner 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 Busy Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Busy Corner and extending to:
- Manchester, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Busy Corner to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 552 miles [888.4 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,144 miles [11,497.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,019 miles [8,077.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Busy Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Busy Corner 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 Busy Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5301, Longitude: -86.1597 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.389 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.235 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.577 degrees. |
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