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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 Mahan Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mahan Village 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 Mahan Village:
- 36.168134, -84.489104
- 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 Mahan Village
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Mahan Village is near Anderson County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Mahan Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mahan Village ...
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.
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Buffalo is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Charleys Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Charleys Branch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleys Branch
- Crookedfork ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crookedfork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookedfork
- Elizabeth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Fork Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fork Mountain is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Mountain
- Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Lone Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lone Mountain is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Newland ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Rosedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Wartburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Mahan Village 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 Mahan Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mahan Village and extending to:
- Wartburg, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Mahan Village to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 449 miles [722.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,919 miles [7,916.4 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 from Point A (ie- Mahan Village) 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 Mahan Village 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 Mahan Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1681, Longitude: -84.4891 In this case, the coordinates for Mahan Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.391 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.178 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.716 degrees. |
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