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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 Carpenters, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carpenters 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 Carpenters:
- 35.448132, -87.269734
- 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 Carpenters
- 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 Maury County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maury County
- Since Carpenters is near Lawrence County and also Giles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Giles 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 Carpenters
Communities Also Named Carpenters ...
We found four communities that are also named Carpenters.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Carpenters.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Williamson County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Carpenters [Williamson County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Richland Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Carpenters [Richland Parish].
- Michigan
- Lapeer 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 Michigan community of Carpenters [Lapeer County].
- 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 Carpenters [Putnam County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carpenters ...
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.
- Arrow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arrow is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow
- Brace
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brace is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brace
- Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Jonestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jonestown is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Mount Joy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Joy is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Red Row
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Row is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Row
- Rockdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockdale is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Rockquarry ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rockquarry is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockquarry
- Sandy Hook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Screamer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Summertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Three Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Three Oaks is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
How Far From Carpenters 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 Carpenters 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 community of Carpenters once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Carpenters and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Carpenters to Columbia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 610 miles [981.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,478 miles [10,425.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,196 miles [11,580.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,071 miles [8,161 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Carpenters, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Carpenters 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Carpenters) 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 Carpenters 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 Carpenters. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4481, Longitude: -87.2697 In this case, the coordinates for Carpenters have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.067 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.006 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.065 degrees. |
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