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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 Old Millersburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Millersburg 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 Old Millersburg:
- 35.699236, -86.354993
- 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 Old Millersburg
- 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since Old Millersburg is near Bedford County and also Coffee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee 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 Old Millersburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Millersburg ...
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.
- Bell Buckle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Big Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Big Springs is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Christiana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Dixieland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dixieland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixieland
- Fosterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fosterville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Gum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gum is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum
- Plainview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Pleasant View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Short Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Short Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Steeplechase Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Steeplechase Meadows is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase Meadows
- Twin Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Springs is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
- Webbs Jungle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Webbs Jungle is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbs Jungle
How Far From Old Millersburg 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 Old Millersburg 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 Old Millersburg once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Old Millersburg and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Old Millersburg to Murfreesboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 39 miles [62.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 557 miles [896.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,020 miles [8,078.9 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 Old Millersburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Old Millersburg) 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 Old Millersburg 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 Old Millersburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6992, Longitude: -86.3550 In this case, the coordinates for Old Millersburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.515 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.404 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.619 degrees. |
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