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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 Home Field Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Home Field Terrace 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 Home Field Terrace:
- 36.164547, -82.805986
- 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 Home Field Terrace
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Home Field Terrace is near Washington County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Home Field Terrace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Home Field Terrace ...
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.
- Cherrydale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cherrydale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrydale
- Green Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greeneville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heritage Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Heritage Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Hickory Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hickory Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Holly Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Holly Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Honeys Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Honeys Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeys Hill
- Meadowlark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meadowlark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
- Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pinecrest is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Robinson Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Robinson Forest is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Forest
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Home Field Terrace to ...
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 Home Field Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Home Field Terrace and extending to:
- Greeneville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the West.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Home Field Terrace 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 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 367 miles [590.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,846 miles [7,798.9 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 from Point A (ie- Home Field Terrace) 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 Home Field Terrace 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 Home Field Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1645, Longitude: -82.8060 In this case, the coordinates for Home Field Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.379 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.016 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.019 degrees. |
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