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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 Carnsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carnsville 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 Carnsville:
- 36.114782, -88.336713
- 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 Carnsville
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Carnsville is near Henry County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Carnsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carnsville ...
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.
- Cherrywood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cherrywood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Halls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Halls is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Henry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Rock is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rock
- Manleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Palestine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Palestine is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Post Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Post Oak is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Prospect
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Prospect is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Sandy Bridge ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Bridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bridge
- Sandy Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Spring Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
How Far From Carnsville 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 Carnsville 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 Carnsville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Carnsville and extending to:
- Huntingdon, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 87 miles [140 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Carnsville to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 647 miles [1,041.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,489 miles [10,443 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,211 miles [11,605 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,087 miles [8,186.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Carnsville, 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' (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- Carnsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Carnsville 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 Carnsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1148, Longitude: -88.3367 In this case, the coordinates for Carnsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.765 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.903 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.373 degrees. |
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