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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 Cantrell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cantrell 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 Cantrell:
    • 36.520658, -82.351252
    • 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 Cantrell
  • 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
    • Since Cantrell is near Washington County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter 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 Cantrell

Communities Also Named Cantrell ...

We found one communities that are also named Cantrell.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Cantrell.

Beyond Tennessee.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Hickman County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cantrell [Hickman County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cantrell ...

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.

  • Bluff City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
    • Former name for Bluff City:
    • Zollicoffer
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <2>
  • Boring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Boring is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boring
  • Buffalo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Buffalo is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Cross
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
    • Estimated population in 2014: 11,330 people
  • Earheart ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Earheart is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earheart
  • Fox Fire
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox Fire is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Fire
  • Gross Crossroad
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gross Crossroad is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Crossroad
  • Gunnings
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Gunnings is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnings
  • Hall Ford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hall Ford is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ford
  • Hill Country
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hill Country is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Country
  • Holiday Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Indian Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Hills is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Leonardtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Leonardtown is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardtown
    • Maple Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Maple Hill is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
    • Mystic Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Mystic Valley is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Valley
    • Pettyjohn Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Pettyjohn Mill is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettyjohn Mill
    • Rock City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rock City is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Rock Hill Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rock Hill Park is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Park
    • Rocky Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Rocky Springs is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
    • Scenic Woods
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Scenic Woods is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Woods
    • Sunny Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunny Hills is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hills
    • Sunnyside
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Sunnyside is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunrise Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunrise Valley is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Valley
    • Tennessee Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Tennessee Hills is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Hills
    • Valley Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Valley Hills is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
    • Wahoo ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
    • Walnut Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
    • Windy Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Windy Hill is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill

How Far From Cantrell 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 Cantrell 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 Cantrell once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Cantrell and extending to:

  • Blountville, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<4> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cantrell to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,811 miles [7,742.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cantrell 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.
<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 Cantrell, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cantrell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cantrell 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 Cantrell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5207, Longitude: -82.3513       In this case, the coordinates for Cantrell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.11 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.758 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.729 degrees.