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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 Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Davis Meadows 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 Meadows:
- 35.942564, -86.530271
- 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 Meadows
- 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since Davis Meadows is near Davidson County and also Williamson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson 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 Meadows
Curious and Interesting Names Near Davis Meadows ...
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.
- Colonial Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Cooks Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cooks Corner is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
- Creekside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Creekside is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Florence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Florence is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Foxland Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Foxland Forest is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxland Forest
- Green Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Acres is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Hilltop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Joywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Joywood is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joywood
- Lamb
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lamb is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Little Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Little Hope is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Loafers Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Loafers Corner is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loafers Corner
- Marathon Trail
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marathon Trail is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon Trail
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Neal Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Neal Circle is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Circle
- Quail Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Rocksprings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rocksprings is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksprings
- Rocky Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Fork is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Shadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shadowbrook is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Davis Meadows 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 Davis Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Davis Meadows and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Davis Meadows to Murfreesboro, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 558 miles [898 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,142 miles [11,493.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Davis Meadows) 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 Davis Meadows 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 Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9426, Longitude: -86.5303 In this case, the coordinates for Davis Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.632 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.573 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.635 degrees. |
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