Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Doziers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doziers and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Doziers
- 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 Doziers:
- 36.203667, -86.991391
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Doziers
- 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 Cheatham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cheatham County
- Since Doziers is near Davidson County and also Dickson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- eBird sighting report for Dickson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Doziers ...
We found one communities that share the name Doziers.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Doziers.
Beyond Tennessee.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Doziers ...
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.
- Bearwallow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
- Bordeaux
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Cherokee Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Cherokee Park is located in Davidson County
- Dry Fork ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Davidson County
- Griffintown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Griffintown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffintown
- Griffintown is located in Cheatham County
- Knights Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knights Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Ferry
- Knights Ferry is located in Cheatham County
- Marrowbone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marrowbone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Mound Bottom ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mound Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Bottom
- Mound Bottom is located in Cheatham County
- Pond Creek Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pond Creek Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Ferry
- Pond Creek Ferry is located in Cheatham County
- Rest ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Sulphur Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs is located in Cheatham County
- Walnut Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
- Walnut Hills is located in Davidson County
How Far From Doziers 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 Doziers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Doziers once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Doziers and extending to:
- Ashland City, which is the Seat of Cheatham County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Doziers to Nashville, with an average speed<5> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 575 miles [925.4 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,025 miles [8,087 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cheatham County: www.cheathamcounty.net/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Doziers 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. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Doziers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Doziers) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Doziers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2037, Longitude: -86.9914 In this case, the coordinates for Doziers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Doziers to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.928 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.95 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.77 degrees. |