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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 Corder Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corder Crossroads 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 Corder Crossroads:
    • 35.085707, -86.473524
    • 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 Corder Crossroads
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Corder Crossroads is near Moore County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Moore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Corder Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Corder Crossroads ...

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.

  • Champ
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Champ is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
  • Crystal Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Crystal Springs is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Gethsemane ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Gethsemane is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
  • Gum Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gum Springs is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
  • Liberty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Lincoln
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Park City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Prospect
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Prospect is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Rolling Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Roper Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Roper Ferry is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper Ferry
  • Sycamore Swamp
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Sycamore Swamp is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Swamp
  • Three Oaks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Three Oaks is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks

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

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Corder Crossroads to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 582 miles [936.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,177 miles [11,550.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,053 miles [8,132 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Corder Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Corder Crossroads 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 Corder Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0857, Longitude: -86.4735    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.561 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.372 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.813 degrees.