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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 Jonesville Camp Ground, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jonesville Camp Ground 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 Jonesville Camp Ground:
- 36.681755, -83.143784
- 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 Jonesville Camp Ground
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Jonesville Camp Ground is near Harlan County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harlan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Jonesville Camp Ground
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jonesville Camp Ground ...
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.
- Ben Hur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cranks
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cranks is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Fleenortown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fleenortown is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown
- Fox Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fox Branch is located in Hancock County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Branch
- Hall Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hall Ford is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ford
- Jonesville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Smiley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Smiley is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley
- Sulphur Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
How Far From Jonesville Camp Ground to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jonesville Camp Ground to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jonesville Camp Ground and extending to:
- Jonesville, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Jonesville Camp Ground to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 366 miles [589 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,251 miles [10,060 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 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 from Point A (ie- Jonesville Camp Ground) 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 Jonesville Camp Ground 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 Jonesville Camp Ground. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6818, Longitude: -83.1438 In this case, the coordinates for Jonesville Camp Ground have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.586 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.327 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.012 degrees. |
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