Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bagdad, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bagdad and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bagdad
- 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 Bagdad:
- 36.369501, -85.827760
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bagdad
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Bagdad is near Smith County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Smith County
- eBird sighting report for Macon 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bagdad ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Bagdad.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Bagdad.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Bagdad, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- New Brunswick
- This Bagdad lies 1,225 miles [1,971.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Bagdad that is located in Jackson County.
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Erie County
- This Bagdad is located in Erie County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<2> to the northeast of the Bagdad that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Bagdad.
- Westmoreland County
- This Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km] to the northeast of the Bagdad that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Bagdad.
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- Distance: 9,615 miles [15,473.8 km]<2> to the west southwest
- Australia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bagdad ...
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.
- Cartwright
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cartwright have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Cartwright is located in Smith County
- Cub Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Defeated
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defeated
- Defeated is located in Smith County
- Difficult
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
- Difficult is located in Smith County
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
- Edgefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Goose Horn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Horn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Horn
- Goose Horn is located in Macon County
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Highland Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Ferry
- Highland Ferry is located in Jackson County
- Milltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Pleasant Shade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Shade have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Shade
- Pleasant Shade is located in Smith County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Shade <5>
- Rough Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Point
- Rough Point is located in Jackson County
How Far From Bagdad 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 Bagdad 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 community of Bagdad once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bagdad and extending to:
- Gainesboro, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Bagdad to Gainesboro, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 511 miles [822.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,376 miles [10,261.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,093 miles [11,415.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,968 miles [7,995.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Jackson County: www.jacksonco.com/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bagdad 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. |
| <2> | 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- Bagdad) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bagdad. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3695, Longitude: -85.8278 In this case, the coordinates for Bagdad have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Bagdad, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Bagdad to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.214 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.152 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.23 degrees. |