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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 Ditty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ditty 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 Ditty:
- 36.093717, -85.580234
- 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 Ditty
- 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Since Ditty is near White County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White County
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Ditty
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ditty ...
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.
- Boiling Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Heathwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heathwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
- Hillrose
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hillrose is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillrose
- Honeybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Honeybrook is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeybrook
- Huntland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Huntland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntland
- Estimated population in 2014: 860 people
- Quality Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quality Estates is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality Estates
- Tanglewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Twin Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Oak is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oak
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Ditty to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ditty to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ditty and extending to:
- Cookeville, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Ditty to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 506 miles [814.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,094 miles [11,416.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,970 miles [7,998.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ditty) 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 Ditty 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 Ditty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0937, Longitude: -85.5802 In this case, the coordinates for Ditty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.054 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.929 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.194 degrees. |
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