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 Christianburg:
35.537020, -84.442982
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 Christianburg
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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Christianburg.
Within Tennessee, the name Christianburg is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Shelby County
This Christianburg is located in Shelby County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the north of the Christianburg that is located in Monroe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Christianburg.
Utah
Sanpete County
This Christianburg is located in Sanpete County and lies 1,513 miles [2,434.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Christianburg that is located in Monroe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanpete County community of Christianburg.
West Virginia
McDowell County
This community is historic<2> and although located in McDowell County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Christianburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Christianburg ...
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.
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 Christianburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Christianburg and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Christianburg to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 468 miles [753.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,358 miles [10,232.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,068 miles [11,374.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,944 miles [7,956.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Christianburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Christianburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Christianburg 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 Christianburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5370, Longitude: -84.4430 In this case, the coordinates for Christianburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.348 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.038 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.862 degrees.