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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 Crossville Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crossville Estates 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 Crossville Estates:
    • 35.979234, -85.025791
    • 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 Crossville Estates
  • 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 Crossville Estates is near Putnam County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for White 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 Crossville Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crossville Estates ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Camelot is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cherry Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Branch is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Branch
  • Crossville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fairyland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Fairyland is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairyland
  • Foxfire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Foxfire is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Hide-A-Way Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hide-A-Way Hills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Hills
  • Hillcrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Holiday Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Howard Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Livesay
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Livesay is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livesay
    • Meadowview
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Meadowview is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
    • Rolling Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Slate Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Slate Springs is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs
    • Volunteer Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Volunteer Heights is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Heights
    • Woodlawn
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Woodlawn is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Crossville Estates to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Crossville Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the South.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Crossville Estates to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 481 miles [774.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,362 miles [10,238.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,075 miles [11,386.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,951 miles [7,967.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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- Crossville Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Crossville Estates 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 Crossville Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9792, Longitude: -85.0258       In this case, the coordinates for Crossville Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.712 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.52 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.99 degrees.