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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 Cortner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cortner 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 Cortner:
- 35.468287, -86.276360
- 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 Cortner
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Cortner is near Coffee County and also Moore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moore 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 Cortner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cortner ...
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.
- Bottle Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bottle Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bottle Hollow
- Busy Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flowertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flowertown is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown
- Hilltop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Normandy
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Roseville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Roseville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Sevenmile Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sevenmile Hill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Hill
- Union Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Union Ridge is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Walkersville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Walkersville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
- Willow Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Cortner 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 Cortner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cortner and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cortner to Shelbyville, with an average speed<3> 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 560 miles [901.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,027 miles [8,090.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Cortner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cortner 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 Cortner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4683, Longitude: -86.2764 In this case, the coordinates for Cortner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.457 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.306 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.641 degrees. |
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