Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bluhmtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bluhmtown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bluhmtown

• 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 Bluhmtown:
  • 35.903954, -85.879708
  • 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 Bluhmtown

• 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
  • Since Bluhmtown is near Cannon County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cannon County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Bluhmtown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bluhmtown ...

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.

• Cross Roads
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Cross Roads is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
• Gassaway
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Gassaway is located in Cannon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
• Green Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Hill is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
• Half Acre
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Half Acre is located in Cannon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
• Lucky
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Lucky is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
• Mount Ararat
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mount Ararat is located in Cannon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ararat
• Rabbit Bluff ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rabbit Bluff is located in Cannon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Bluff
• Snows Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Snows Hill is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Hill
• Sugar Tree Knob
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sugar Tree Knob is located in Cannon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree Knob
• Youngblood ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Youngblood is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood

How Far From Bluhmtown 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 Bluhmtown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bluhmtown and extending to:

• Smithville, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Bluhmtown to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 526 miles [846.5 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,115 miles [11,450.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,991 miles [8,032.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'