Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cambria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cambria and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cambria
- 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 Cambria:
- 35.281740, -84.536320
- 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 Cambria
- 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 McMinn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McMinn County
- Since Cambria is near Polk County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- eBird sighting report for Monroe 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
Communities Also Named Cambria ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Cambria.
Within Tennessee, the name Cambria is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Cambria is located in Baltimore County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Cambria.
- Harford County
- This Cambria is located in Harford County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km] to the northeast of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Cambria.
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Harrison County
- This Cambria is located in Harrison County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Cambria.
- Nicholas County
- This Cambria is located in Nicholas County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km] to the northeast of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Cambria.
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cambria ...
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.
- Balltown
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Carlock
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Dentville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Goodsprings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Goosetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Grady
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Maggies Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maggies Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggies Mill
- Maggies Mill is located in Polk County
- Old Patty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Seven Cedars
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Cedars have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Cedars
- Seven Cedars is located in McMinn County
- Yancey ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
How Far From Cambria 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 Cambria to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cambria and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of McMinn County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cambria to Athens, with an average speed<5> 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 139 miles [223.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 482 miles [775.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,083 miles [11,399 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,959 miles [7,980.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cambria. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for McMinn County: www.mcminncounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cambria) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cambria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2817, Longitude: -84.5363 In this case, the coordinates for Cambria have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Cambria could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | 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 Cambria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Cambria to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.397 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.058 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.966 degrees. |