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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 Cartersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cartersville 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 Cartersville:
    • 36.583988, -82.646267
    • 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 Cartersville
  • 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 Hawkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
    • Since Cartersville is near Sullivan County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Cartersville

Communities Also Named Cartersville ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Cartersville.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Maury County
      • This Cartersville is located in Maury County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the west of the Cartersville that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Cartersville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb County
      • This Cartersville is located in DeKalb County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cartersville that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Cartersville.
    • Georgia
      • Bartow County
      • This Cartersville is located in Bartow County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cartersville that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Cartersville.
    • Iowa
      • Cerro Gordo County
      • This Cartersville is located in Cerro Gordo County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cartersville that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cerro Gordo County community of Cartersville.
    • Kentucky
      • Garrard County
      • This Cartersville is located in Garrard County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cartersville that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrard County community of Cartersville.
    • Mississippi
      • Tishomingo 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 Mississippi community of Cartersville [Tishomingo County].
    • Montana
      • Rosebud County
      • This Cartersville is located in Rosebud County and lies 1,395 miles [2,245 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cartersville that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rosebud County community of Cartersville.
    • North Carolina
      • Duplin County
      • This Cartersville is located in Duplin County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cartersville that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duplin County community of Cartersville.
    • Ohio
      • Summit County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Summit County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Cartersville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Haskell County
      • This Cartersville is located in Haskell County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the west of the Cartersville that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haskell County community of Cartersville.
    • South Carolina
      • Florence County
      • This Cartersville is located in Florence County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cartersville that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Cartersville.
    • Virginia
      • Cumberland County
      • This Cartersville is located in Cumberland County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cartersville that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Cartersville.
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Cartersville is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the east of the Cartersville that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Cartersville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cartersville ...

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.

  • Beartown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Beartown is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
  • Block City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Block City is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
  • Cloud Ford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cloud Ford is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
  • Green Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Village is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
  • Greenvale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
  • Howard Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Howard Hill is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hill
  • Lewis Lane
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lewis Lane is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Lane
  • Lynn Garden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lynn Garden is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Garden
  • Marshall
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Marshall is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Seven Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Seven Oaks is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
  • Solitude ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Solitude is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude

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

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

  • Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cartersville to Rogersville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 345 miles [555.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,821 miles [7,758.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cartersville) 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 Cartersville 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>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 Cartersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cartersville 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 Cartersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5840, Longitude: -82.6463       In this case, the coordinates for Cartersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.286 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.97 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.832 degrees.