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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 Glenraven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenraven 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 Glenraven:
- 36.528657, -87.047779
- 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 Glenraven
- 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 Robertson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Robertson County
- Since Glenraven is near Montgomery County and also Todd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Todd 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 Glenraven
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenraven ...
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.
- Cedar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Mills ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Mills is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Forts ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forts is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forts
- Glover Crossroad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glover Crossroad is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Crossroad
- Kent ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kent is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Keysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Pleasant View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sandy Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Walnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Glenraven 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 Glenraven 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<2> community of Glenraven once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Glenraven and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Robertson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Glenraven to Springfield, with an average speed<4> 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 29 miles [46.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 570 miles [917.3 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Glenraven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glenraven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Glenraven 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 Glenraven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5287, Longitude: -87.0478 In this case, the coordinates for Glenraven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.976 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.05 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.716 degrees. |
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