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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 Mile Straight, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mile Straight 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 Mile Straight:
- 35.215902, -85.227736
- 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 Mile Straight
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Mile Straight is near Sequatchie County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sequatchie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Mile Straight
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mile Straight ...
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.
- Caramel Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caramel Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caramel Village
- Crabtree Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crabtree Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hills
- Estimated population in 2014: 763 people
- Cross Timbers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Timbers is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
- Daisy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Daisy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Dana Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dana Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Hills
- Echo Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Echo Glen is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Glen
- Falling Water
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Falling Water is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Water
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,232 people
- Garden Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Farms is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
- Green Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green Cove is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Greens Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greens Mill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Irongate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Irongate is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
- Long Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Long Branch is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Sandalwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sandalwood Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood Village
- Springcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Springcrest is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest
- Town Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Town Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hills
How Far From Mile Straight 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 Mile Straight to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mile Straight and extending to:
- Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mile Straight to Chattanooga, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 517 miles [832 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,406 miles [10,309.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,117 miles [11,453.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,993 miles [8,035.5 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- Mile Straight) 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 Mile Straight 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 Mile Straight. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2159, Longitude: -85.2277 In this case, the coordinates for Mile Straight have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.811 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.525 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.266 degrees. |
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