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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 Anchor Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Anchor Mill 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 Anchor Mill:
- 35.538430, -86.532995
- 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 Anchor Mill
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Anchor Mill is near Marshall County and also Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Anchor Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Anchor Mill ...
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.
- Carter Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Carter Crossroads is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Crossroads
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Clay Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clay Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
- Cow Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cow Ford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Ford
- Halls Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Halls Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mill
- Laws Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Longview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rich Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rich Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rover is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Temple Ford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Temple Ford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Ford
- Tucker Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tucker Ford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Ford
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Wheel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheel is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel
How Far From Anchor Mill 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 Anchor Mill 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 Anchor Mill once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Anchor Mill and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Anchor Mill to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 570 miles [917.3 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 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,444 miles [10,370.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,160 miles [11,522.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,035 miles [8,103 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 Anchor Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Anchor Mill) 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 Anchor Mill 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 Anchor Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5384, Longitude: -86.5330 In this case, the coordinates for Anchor Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.618 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.50 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.732 degrees. |
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