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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 Cambria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cambria 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 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Cambria

Communities Also Named Cambria ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Cambria.

Within Tennessee, the name Cambria is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Luis Obispo County
      • This Cambria is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 2,044 miles [3,289.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Cambria.
    • Illinois
      • Williamson County
      • This Cambria is located in Williamson County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Cambria.
    • Indiana
      • Clinton County
      • This Cambria is located in Clinton County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Cambria.
    • Iowa
      • Wayne County
      • This Cambria is located in Wayne County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Cambria.
    • 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
      • Hillsdale County
      • This Cambria is located in Hillsdale County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the north of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsdale County community of Cambria.
    • Minnesota
      • Blue Earth County
      • This Cambria is located in Blue Earth County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blue Earth County community of Cambria.
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cambria [Niagara County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Latimer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Cambria [Latimer County].
    • Virginia
      • Montgomery County
      • This Cambria is located in Montgomery County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cambria.
    • 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
      • Columbia County
      • This Cambria is located in Columbia County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cambria that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Cambria.
    • Wyoming
      • Weston County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Cambria [Weston County].

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)
    • Balltown is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
  • Carlock
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Carlock is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
  • Dentville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Dentville is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentville
  • Goodsprings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
  • Goosetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Goosetown is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetown
  • Grady
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Grady is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
  • Maggies Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Maggies Mill is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggies Mill
  • Old Patty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Patty is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Patty
  • Seven Cedars
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Seven Cedars is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Cedars
  • Yancey ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Yancey is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey

How Far From Cambria 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 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<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 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<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 7,083 miles [11,399 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,959 miles [7,980.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Cambria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Cambria 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 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).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.397 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.058 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.966 degrees.