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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 Clifty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clifty 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 Clifty:
    • 35.900344, -85.219966
    • 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 Clifty
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Clifty is near White County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for White County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Clifty

Communities Also Named Clifty ...

We found six communities that are also named Clifty.

Within Tennessee, the name Clifty is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cullman County
      • This Clifty is located in Cullman County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Clifty that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Clifty.
    • Arkansas
      • Madison County
      • This Clifty is located in Madison County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west of the Clifty that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Clifty.
    • Indiana
      • Decatur 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 Indiana community of Clifty [Decatur County].
    • Kentucky
      • Carter County
      • This Clifty is located in Carter County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clifty that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Clifty.
      • Todd County
      • This Clifty is located in Todd County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the northwest of the Clifty that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Clifty.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • This Clifty is located in Fayette County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clifty that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Clifty.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clifty ...

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.

  • Clarktown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Claysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Claysville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Hickory Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Neverfail ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Neverfail is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverfail
  • Pleasant Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Ridgedale
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Ridgedale is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
  • Stringtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Stringtown is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
  • Todd Town
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town

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

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

  • Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clifty to Crossville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 494 miles [795 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,087 miles [11,405.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,962 miles [7,985.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clifty) 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 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 Clifty 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 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.
<4>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 Clifty 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 Clifty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9003, Longitude: -85.2200       In this case, the coordinates for Clifty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.828 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.642 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.092 degrees.