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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 Lake Farm Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Farm Estates 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 Lake Farm Estates:
- 35.979230, -86.479993
- 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 Lake Farm Estates
- 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since Lake Farm Estates is near Wilson County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson 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 Lake Farm Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Farm Estates ...
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.
- Colonial Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Cooks Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cooks Corner is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
- Florence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Florence is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Harbor Isles
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harbor Isles is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Isles
- Hickory Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Jamestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,940 people
- Joneswood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Joneswood is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joneswood
- Joywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Joywood is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joywood
- Lamb
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lamb is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Loafers Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Loafers Corner is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loafers Corner
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Marathon Trail
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marathon Trail is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon Trail
- Ponderosa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ponderosa is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Quail Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sandhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandhill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Shadowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shadowbrook is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Timberlake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlake is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
How Far From Lake Farm Estates 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 Lake Farm Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lake Farm Estates and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Farm Estates to Murfreesboro, with an average speed<2> 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 20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 555 miles [893.2 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,013 miles [8,067.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Farm Estates) 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 Lake Farm Estates 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 Lake Farm Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9792, Longitude: -86.4800 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Farm Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.603 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.544 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.605 degrees. |
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