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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 Commerce, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Commerce 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 Commerce:
- 36.143055, -86.105040
- 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 Commerce
- 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 Wilson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
- Since Commerce is near Smith County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Commerce
Communities Also Named Commerce ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named Commerce.
Within Tennessee, the name Commerce is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Conecuh County
- This Commerce is located in Conecuh County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the south of the Commerce that is located in Wilson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conecuh County community of Commerce.
- Arizona
- Maricopa 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 Arizona community of Commerce [Maricopa County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Commerce is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,809 miles [2,911.3 km]<1> to the west of the Commerce that is located in Wilson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Commerce.
- Georgia
- Jackson County
- This Commerce is located in Jackson County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Commerce that is located in Wilson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Commerce.
- Iowa
- Polk County
- This Commerce is located in Polk County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Commerce that is located in Wilson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Commerce.
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- This Commerce is located in Oakland County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Commerce that is located in Wilson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Commerce.
- Minnesota
- Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Commerce [Hennepin County].
- Mississippi
- Tunica County
- This Commerce is located in Tunica County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Commerce that is located in Wilson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tunica County community of Commerce.
- Missouri
- Scott County
- This Commerce is located in Scott County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Commerce that is located in Wilson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Commerce.
- Oklahoma
- Ottawa County
- This Commerce is located in Ottawa County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the west of the Commerce that is located in Wilson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Commerce.
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania community of Commerce [Philadelphia County].
- South Dakota
- Minnehaha 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 South Dakota community of Commerce [Minnehaha County].
- Texas
- Hunt County
- This Commerce is located in Hunt County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Commerce that is located in Wilson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Commerce.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Commerce ...
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.
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Big Spring is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Cherry Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Valley is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jennings ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jennings is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Liberty Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Rock City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Rome Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rome Ferry is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome Ferry
- Shaver Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shaver Town is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Town
- Shop Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shop Springs is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shop Springs
- Spring Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Tuckers Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckers Crossroads is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroads
How Far From Commerce 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 Commerce to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Commerce and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Wilson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Commerce to Lebanon, 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 37 miles [59.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 531 miles [854.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,115 miles [11,450.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,990 miles [8,030.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Commerce) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Commerce 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 Commerce 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 Commerce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1431, Longitude: -86.1050 In this case, the coordinates for Commerce have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.378 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.308 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.405 degrees. |
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