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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 Claybrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Claybrook 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 Claybrook:
- 35.712479, -88.634221
- 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 Claybrook
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Claybrook is near Henderson County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Claybrook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Claybrook ...
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.
- Blue Goose
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Goose is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Goose
- Cedar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cotton Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Grove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Crucifer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crucifer is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crucifer
- Hickory Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hickory Flat is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Independence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Independence is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Juno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Juno is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- Law
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Law is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Law
- Sand Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sand Ridge is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Spring Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Claybrook to ...
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 Claybrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Claybrook and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Claybrook to Jackson, with an average speed<2> 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,242 miles [11,654.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,117 miles [8,235 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Claybrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Claybrook 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 Claybrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7125, Longitude: -88.6342 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.931 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.039 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.591 degrees. |
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