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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 Ebaneezer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ebaneezer and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Ebaneezer:
    • 36.268108, -86.333048
    • 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 Ebaneezer
  • 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 Wilson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
    • Since Ebaneezer is near Sumner County and also Trousdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trousdale 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 Ebaneezer

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ebaneezer ...

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.

  • Cages Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cages Ferry is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cages Ferry
  • Cairo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cairo is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
  • Cairo Bend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cairo Bend is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Bend
  • Cairo Bend Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cairo Bend Ferry is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Bend Ferry
  • Centerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Centerville is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 people
  • Flat Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Flat Rock is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Forktown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Forktown is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forktown
  • Hunters Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunters Point is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point
  • Hunters Point Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunters Point Ferry is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point Ferry
  • Leeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Leeville is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
  • Maple Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Maple Hill is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
  • Martha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Martha is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
  • Possum Town
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Possum Town is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
  • Woods Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Woods Ferry is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Ferry

How Far From Ebaneezer 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 Ebaneezer to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Ebaneezer once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ebaneezer and extending to:

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Wilson County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Ebaneezer to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 539 miles [867.4 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,401 miles [10,301.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,119 miles [11,456.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,994 miles [8,037.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Ebaneezer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ebaneezer) 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 Ebaneezer 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 Ebaneezer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2681, Longitude: -86.3330       In this case, the coordinates for Ebaneezer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.522 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.493 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.471 degrees.