Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cedar Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Chapel and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cedar Chapel

• 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 Cedar Chapel:
  • 35.402303, -89.167288
  • 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 Cedar Chapel

• 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 Hardeman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardeman County
  • Since Cedar Chapel is near Haywood County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Haywood County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Cedar Chapel

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Chapel ...

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.

• Dancyville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Dancyville is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
• Hatchie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hatchie is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie
• Hickory Point
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hickory Point is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Point
• Ko Ko
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
• Liberty Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty Hill is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
• Prospect
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Prospect is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
• Sunnyhill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunnyhill is located in Haywood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyhill
• Zu Zu
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Zu Zu is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zu Zu

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cedar Chapel and extending to:

• Bolivar, which is the Seat of Hardeman County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Chapel to Bolivar, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 709 miles [1,141 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,556 miles [10,550.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,154 miles [8,294.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'