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 Tusculum:
36.058949, -86.716665
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.
We found five communities that share the name Tusculum.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Tusculum.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Tennessee ...
Greene County
This Tusculum is located in Greene County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the east of the Tusculum that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Tusculum.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Effingham County
This Tusculum is located in Effingham County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Tusculum that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Effingham County community of Tusculum.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This Tusculum is located in Hamilton County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Tusculum that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Tusculum.
Pennsylvania
Cumberland County
This Tusculum is located in Cumberland County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tusculum that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Tusculum.
Lackawanna County
Although located in Lackawanna County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Tusculum.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tusculum ...
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.
Bakertown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bakertown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Tusculum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tusculum and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 565 miles [909.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Tusculum to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 33 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,020 miles [8,078.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tusculum) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tusculum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0589, Longitude: -86.7167 In this case, the coordinates for Tusculum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Tusculum to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.752 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.727 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.686 degrees.