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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 Cades, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cades 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 Cades:
    • 35.975900, -88.783395
    • 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 Cades
  • 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 Gibson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson County
    • Since Cades is near Carroll County and also Weakley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley 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 Cades

Communities Also Named Cades ...

We found four communities that are also named Cades.

Within Tennessee, the name Cades is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Cades, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lincoln County
      • This Cades is located in Lincoln County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cades that is located in Gibson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Cades.
    • South Carolina
      • Williamsburg County
      • This Cades is located in Williamsburg County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cades that is located in Gibson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Cades.
    • West Virginia
      • Putnam 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 West Virginia community of Cades [Putnam County].
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Spain
      • Distance: 4,317 miles [6,947.5 km]<1> to the northeast
      • Open a Google Map centered on Cades

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cades ...

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.

  • Graball
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Graball is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
  • Holly Leaf
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Leaf is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Leaf
  • Hughes Loop
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hughes Loop is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Loop
  • Idlewild
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Idlewild is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Laneview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Laneview is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneview
  • New Enterprise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • New Enterprise is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
  • Skullbone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Skullbone is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skullbone
  • Tuckers Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuckers Corner is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Corner
  • Union Central
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Union Central is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cades and extending to:

  • Trenton, which is the Seat of Gibson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cades to Trenton, 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the east (E). 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 674 miles [1,084.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,112 miles [8,227 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cades) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cades 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>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 Cades 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 Cades. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9759, Longitude: -88.7834       In this case, the coordinates for Cades have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.039 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.20 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.599 degrees.