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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 Archville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Archville 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 Archville:
- 35.132186, -84.525421
- 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 Archville
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Archville is near McMinn County and also Murray County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Murray 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 Archville
Communities Also Named Archville ...
We found two communities that are also named Archville.
Within Tennessee, the name Archville is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Westchester County
- This Archville is located in Westchester County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Archville that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Archville.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Archville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Archville ...
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.
- Chanceytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Ducktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Grief ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grief is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grief
- Maggies Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maggies Mill is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggies Mill
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Old Patty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Patty is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Patty
- Parksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Parksville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Patty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Patty is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty
- Reliance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Turtletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
How Far From Archville 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 Archville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Archville and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Archville to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 487 miles [783.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,380 miles [10,267.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,965 miles [7,990.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Archville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Archville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Archville 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 Archville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1322, Longitude: -84.5254 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.386 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.025 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.00 degrees. |
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