Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Chapmansboro:
  • 36.312275, -87.141393
  • 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 Chapmansboro

• 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 Cheatham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cheatham County
  • Since Chapmansboro is near Dickson County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Chapmansboro

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapmansboro ...

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.

• Bearwallow
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
• Betsystown ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Betsystown is located in Dickson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betsystown
• Cheap Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
  • Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
• Fox Bluff
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Fox Bluff is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bluff
• Griffintown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Griffintown is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffintown
• Henrietta
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
  • Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
• Knights Ferry
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Knights Ferry is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Ferry
• Marrowbone
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
• Neptune
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Neptune is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
• Pleasant View
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant View is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,055 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant View <1>
• Rest ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rest is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
• Rock Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rock Springs is located in Dickson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
• Sulphur Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chapmansboro and extending to:

• Ashland City, which is the Seat of Cheatham County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Chapmansboro to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 580 miles [933.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,027 miles [8,090.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'