Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bonneville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bonneville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bonneville
- 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 Bonneville:
- 35.650070, -84.918560
- 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 Bonneville
- 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 Rhea County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rhea County
- Since Bonneville is near Bledsoe County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bledsoe County
- eBird sighting report for Meigs 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 Bonneville ...
We found seven communities that share the name Bonneville.
Within Tennessee, the name Bonneville is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Limestone County
- This Bonneville is located in Limestone County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bonneville that is located in Rhea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Bonneville.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bonneville.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- This Bonneville is located in Multnomah County and lies 2,037 miles [3,278.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bonneville that is located in Rhea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Bonneville.
- South Carolina
- Orangeburg County
- This Bonneville is located in Orangeburg County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bonneville that is located in Rhea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Bonneville.
- Utah
- Weber County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Bonneville [Weber County].
- Virginia
- Dinwiddie County
- This Bonneville is located in Dinwiddie County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bonneville that is located in Rhea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dinwiddie County community of Bonneville.
- Wyoming
- Fremont County
- This Bonneville is located in Fremont County and lies 1,336 miles [2,150.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bonneville that is located in Rhea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Bonneville.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonneville ...
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.
- Grandview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Grandview is located in Rhea County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grandview <4>
- Hideaway Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hideaway Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hills
- Hideaway Hills is located in Rhea County
- Ideal Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ideal Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal Valley
- Ideal Valley is located in Rhea County
- Liberty Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Liberty Hill is located in Rhea County
- Lorraine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Luminary
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Mars Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Paine Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paine Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paine Spring
- Paine Spring is located in Rhea County
- Pinhook Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinhook Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Ferry
- Pinhook Ferry is located in Meigs County
- Rainy ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Slabtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Spring City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Spring City is located in Rhea County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,839 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring City <4>
- Wolf Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Wolf Creek is located in Rhea County
How Far From Bonneville 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 Bonneville 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<5> community of Bonneville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bonneville and extending to:
- Dayton, which is the Seat of Rhea County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bonneville to Dayton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 487 miles [783.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,960 miles [7,982.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Bonneville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bonneville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6501, Longitude: -84.9186 In this case, the coordinates for Bonneville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Bonneville 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 Bonneville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Bonneville 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 312.638 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.388 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.03 degrees. |