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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 Claxton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Claxton 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 Claxton:
- 35.304658, -84.646097
- 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 Claxton
- 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 Claxton is near Polk County and also Bradley 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 Bradley 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 Claxton
Communities Also Named Claxton ...
We found five communities that are also named Claxton.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Claxton.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Anderson County
- This Claxton is located in Anderson County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Claxton that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Claxton.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Claxton lies 2,520 miles [4,055.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Claxton that is located in McMinn County.
- Georgia
- Evans County
- This Claxton is located in Evans County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Claxton that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Evans County community of Claxton.
- Tattnall 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 Georgia community of Claxton [Tattnall County].
- Kentucky
- Caldwell County
- This Claxton is located in Caldwell County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Claxton that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Claxton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Claxton ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Balltown is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Carlock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carlock is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
- Columbus ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Columbus is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Cooks Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cooks Ferry is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Ferry
- Dentville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dentville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentville
- Double Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Double Springs is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Goodsprings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Goosetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Goosetown is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetown
- Old Patty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Patty is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Patty
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Patty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Patty is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty
- Piney Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Poplar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Poplar Hill is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Riceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Cedars
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Cedars is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Cedars
- Yancey ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Yancey is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey
How Far From Claxton 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 Claxton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Claxton and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of McMinn County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Claxton to Athens, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 133 miles [214 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 486 miles [782.1 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 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,087 miles [11,405.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,963 miles [7,987.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Claxton) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Claxton 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> | 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 Claxton 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 Claxton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3047, Longitude: -84.6461 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.463 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.138 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.005 degrees. |
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