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 Garber:
36.218996, -82.461254
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.
We found five communities that share the name Garber.
Within Tennessee, the name Garber is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Johnson County
This Garber is located in Johnson County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the west of the Garber that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Garber.
Illinois
Ford County
This Garber is located in Ford County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Garber that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ford County community of Garber.
Iowa
Clayton County
This Garber is located in Clayton County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Garber that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Garber.
Missouri
Taney County
This Garber is located in Taney County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<1> to the west of the Garber that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taney County community of Garber.
Oklahoma
Garfield County
This Garber is located in Garfield County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the west of the Garber that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Garber.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garber ...
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.
Big Cherokee (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Cherokee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Garber to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Garber and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Garber to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 349 miles [561.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,952 miles [11,188.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,828 miles [7,769.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Garber) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Garber. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2190, Longitude: -82.4613 In this case, the coordinates for Garber have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Garber to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.174 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.788 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.862 degrees.