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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 Bell Buckle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bell Buckle 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 Bell Buckle:
- 35.591025, -86.353336
- 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 Bell Buckle
- 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 Bell Buckle is near Rutherford County and also Coffee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee 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 Bell Buckle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bell Buckle ...
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.
- Big Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Christiana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cow Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cow Ford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Ford
- Fosterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fosterville is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Gum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gum is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum
- Hoodoo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hoodoo is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodoo
- Longview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Noah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Noah is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Normandy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plainview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Roseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Short Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Short Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Steeplechase Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Steeplechase Meadows is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase Meadows
- Union Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Walkersville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Walkersville is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
- Webbs Jungle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Webbs Jungle is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbs Jungle
How Far From Bell Buckle 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 town such as Bell Buckle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bell Buckle and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bell Buckle to Shelbyville, with an average speed<3> 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 45 miles [72.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 560 miles [901.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,025 miles [8,087 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 '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- Bell Buckle) 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 Bell Buckle 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 Bell Buckle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5910, Longitude: -86.3533 In this case, the coordinates for Bell Buckle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.51 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.383 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.644 degrees. |
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