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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 Lillamay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lillamay 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 Lillamay:
- 36.228729, -87.047517
- 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 Lillamay
- 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 Cheatham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cheatham County
- Since Lillamay is near Davidson County and also Dickson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickson 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 Lillamay
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lillamay ...
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.
- Bearwallow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Griffintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Griffintown is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffintown
- Knights Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Knights Ferry is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Ferry
- Marrowbone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mound Bottom ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mound Bottom is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Bottom
- Pond Creek Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pond Creek Ferry is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Ferry
- Rest ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rest is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
- Sulphur Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
How Far From Lillamay 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 Lillamay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lillamay and extending to:
- Ashland City, which is the Seat of Cheatham County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Lillamay to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 577 miles [928.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,027 miles [8,090.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lillamay) 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 Lillamay 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 Lillamay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2287, Longitude: -87.0475 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.964 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.995 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.788 degrees. |
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