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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 Davis Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Davis Chapel 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 Davis Chapel:
- 36.383412, -84.065201
- 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 Davis Chapel
- 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Since Davis Chapel is near Union County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Davis Chapel
Communities Also Named Davis Chapel ...
We found one communities that are also named Davis Chapel.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Davis Chapel.
Beyond Tennessee.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Carroll County
- This Davis Chapel is located in Carroll County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the west of the Davis Chapel that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Davis Chapel.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Davis Chapel ...
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.
- Boy ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boy is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy
- Flat Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flat Hollow is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Hollow
- Fordtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fordtown is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Forkvale ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forkvale is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkvale
- Hatmaker ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hatmaker is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Hunter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hunter is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Indian Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Ivydell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ivydell is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivydell
- Jacksboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Long Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Long Hollow is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
- Peabody
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peabody is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Pine Mountain ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mountain is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Rocky Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ford is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Victory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Victory is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Davis Chapel 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 Davis Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Davis Chapel and extending to:
- Jacksboro, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Davis Chapel to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 421 miles [677.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,016 miles [11,291.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,891 miles [7,871.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Davis Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Davis Chapel 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 Davis Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3834, Longitude: -84.0652 In this case, the coordinates for Davis Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.138 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.918 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.481 degrees. |
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