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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 Bobs Cross Roads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bobs Cross Roads and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bobs Cross Roads:
    • 35.391745, -86.125543
    • 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 Bobs Cross Roads
  • 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
    • Since Bobs Cross Roads is near Franklin County and also Bedford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Bobs Cross Roads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bobs Cross Roads ...

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.

  • Black Jack
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Black Jack is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
  • Calls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Calls is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calls
  • Cascade Hollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
  • Dixie ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Dixie is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Flowertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Flowertown is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown
  • Glenview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenview is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
  • Hillcrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hillcrest is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Johnstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnstown is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • Plainview Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainview Heights is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Heights
  • Royal Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
  • Sevenmile Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sevenmile Hill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Hill

How Far From Bobs Cross Roads 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 Bobs Cross Roads 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<1> community of Bobs Cross Roads once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bobs Cross Roads and extending to:

  • Manchester, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Bobs Cross Roads to Nashville, with an average speed<3> 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 555 miles [893.2 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 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 7,148 miles [11,503.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bobs Cross Roads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bobs Cross Roads) 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 Bobs Cross Roads 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 Bobs Cross Roads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3917, Longitude: -86.1255       In this case, the coordinates for Bobs Cross Roads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.362 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.185 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.596 degrees.