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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 Hustburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hustburg 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 Hustburg:
- 35.983099, -87.960140
- 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 Hustburg
- 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 Humphreys County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys County
- Since Hustburg is near Benton County and also Decatur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur 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 Hustburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hustburg ...
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.
- Chalklevel
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chalklevel is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalklevel
- Chestnut Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Dughill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dughill is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dughill
- Eagle Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eagle Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Creek
- Elysian Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elysian Grove is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysian Grove
- Plant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polecat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Polecat is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polecat
- Rockport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Trotters Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Trotters Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotters Ferry
How Far From Hustburg 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 Hustburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hustburg and extending to:
- Waverly, which is the Seat of Humphreys County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hustburg to Waverly, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 631 miles [1,015.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,201 miles [11,588.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,077 miles [8,170.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hustburg) 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 Hustburg 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 Hustburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9831, Longitude: -87.9601 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.522 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.605 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.239 degrees. |
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