Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Boiling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boiling and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Boiling
- 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 Boiling:
- 36.290350, -84.841060
- 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 Boiling
- 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 Fentress County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fentress County
- Since Boiling is near Morgan County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boiling ...
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.
- Bucklick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Burrville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Deer Lodge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Flat Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Goad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Hall Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - High Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- High Point is located in Morgan County
- Howard Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Ford
- Howard Ford is located in Fentress County
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown is located in Fentress County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,131 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamestown <2>
- Jones Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ford
- Jones Ford is located in Fentress County
- Jonesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Jonesville is located in Fentress County
- Key Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Lavender
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Mount Helen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Helen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Helen
- Mount Helen is located in Fentress County
- Rugby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rugby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Rugby is located in Morgan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rugby <2>
- Sunbright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbright
- Sunbright is located in Morgan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunbright <2>
- Lavender
How Far From Boiling to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Boiling 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<3> community of Boiling once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Boiling and extending to:
- Jamestown, which is the Seat of Fentress County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Boiling to Jamestown, with an average speed<5> 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 463 miles [745.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,339 miles [10,201.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,054 miles [11,352.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,929 miles [7,932.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Boiling, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boiling) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boiling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2903, Longitude: -84.8411 In this case, the coordinates for Boiling have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Boiling to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.608 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.444 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.832 degrees. |