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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 Odd Fellows Hall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Odd Fellows Hall 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 Odd Fellows Hall:
- 35.304245, -86.958061
- 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 Odd Fellows Hall
- 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 Odd Fellows Hall is near Marshall County and also Maury County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maury 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 Odd Fellows Hall
Curious and Interesting Names Near Odd Fellows Hall ...
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.
- Blooming Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Brick Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brick Church is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church
- Cornersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Diana
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Diana is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
- Friendship
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Happy Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hill
- Krapp Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Krapp Spring is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krapp Spring
- Lynnville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Riversburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riversburg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riversburg
- Waco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waco is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
How Far From Odd Fellows Hall to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Odd Fellows Hall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Odd Fellows Hall and extending to:
- Pulaski, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Odd Fellows Hall to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 599 miles [964 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 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,064 miles [8,149.7 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Odd Fellows Hall) 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 Odd Fellows Hall 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 Odd Fellows Hall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3042, Longitude: -86.9581 In this case, the coordinates for Odd Fellows Hall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.868 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.757 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.966 degrees. |
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