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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 Lanatana Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lanatana 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 Lanatana Estates:
- 35.905623, -85.066625
- 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 Lanatana 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Lanatana Estates is near White County and also Bledsoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bledsoe 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 Lanatana Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lanatana 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.
- Camelot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Crossville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairyland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fairyland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairyland
- Foxfire
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Foxfire is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Hide-A-Way Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hide-A-Way Hills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Hills
- Highland View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Highland View is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
- Holiday Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holiday Hills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Homestead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Homestead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Howard Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Livesay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Livesay is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livesay
- Rolling Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Hills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Volunteer Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Volunteer Heights is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Heights
- Wild Plum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wild Plum is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Plum
How Far From Lanatana Estates 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 Lanatana Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lanatana Estates and extending to:
- Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lanatana Estates to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 486 miles [782.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,080 miles [11,394.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,955 miles [7,974.3 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 '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- Lanatana Estates) 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 Lanatana 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 Lanatana Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9056, Longitude: -85.0666 In this case, the coordinates for Lanatana Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.735 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.536 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.026 degrees. |
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