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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 Ostella, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ostella 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 Ostella:
- 35.322854, -86.791945
- 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 Ostella
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Ostella is near Giles County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Giles 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 Ostella
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ostella ...
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.
- Archer
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Archer is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Browns Shop
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Browns Shop is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Shop
- Cornersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Diana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Diana is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
- Ebenezer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Gnat Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gnat Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnat Grove
- Graball
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Graball is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Jerusalem
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jerusalem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Luna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Luna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Red Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Red Oak is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Yell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
How Far From Ostella 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 Ostella to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ostella and extending to:
- Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Ostella 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 590 miles [949.5 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 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,180 miles [11,555.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,056 miles [8,136.8 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- Ostella) 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 Ostella 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 Ostella. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3229, Longitude: -86.7919 In this case, the coordinates for Ostella have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.767 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.642 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.892 degrees. |
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