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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 Lower Elkton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lower Elkton 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 Lower Elkton:
- 35.029250, -86.925005
- 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 Lower Elkton
- 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 Giles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
- Since Lower Elkton is near Limestone County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Lower Elkton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lower Elkton ...
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.
- Cash Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Cedar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Holland Gin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Gin is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Gin
- Lesters
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lesters is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesters
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Locke Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Locke Crossroads is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke Crossroads
- Poplar Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Prospect
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sugartree Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugartree Ford is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree Ford
- Veto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Veto is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
How Far From Lower Elkton 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 Lower Elkton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Lower Elkton once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lower Elkton and extending to:
- Pulaski, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lower Elkton to Pulaski, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 606 miles [975.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,199 miles [11,585.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,075 miles [8,167.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lower Elkton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lower Elkton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lower Elkton 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 Lower Elkton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0292, Longitude: -86.9250 In this case, the coordinates for Lower Elkton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.835 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.68 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.015 degrees. |
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