Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dry Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dry Fork and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dry Fork
- 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 Dry Fork:
- 36.258665, -86.852222
- 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 Dry Fork
- 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 Davidson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- Since Dry Fork is near Cheatham County and also Sumner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cheatham County
- eBird sighting report for Sumner 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 Dry Fork ...
We found nine communities that share the name Dry Fork.
Within Tennessee, the name Dry Fork is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Barren County
- This Dry Fork is located in Barren County and lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dry Fork that is located in Davidson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Dry Fork.
- Jackson County
- This Dry Fork is located in Jackson County and lies 169 miles [272 km] to the east northeast of the Dry Fork that is located in Davidson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Dry Fork.
- Lawrence County
- Although located in Lawrence County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Dry Fork.
- Pike County
- This Dry Fork is located in Pike County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the east northeast of the Dry Fork that is located in Davidson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Dry Fork.
- Montana
- Utah
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- This Dry Fork is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the east of the Dry Fork that is located in Davidson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Dry Fork.
- Smyth County
- This Dry Fork is located in Smyth County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km] to the east of the Dry Fork that is located in Davidson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smyth County community of Dry Fork.
- Wise County
- This Dry Fork is located in Wise County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km] to the east of the Dry Fork that is located in Davidson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Dry Fork.
- Kentucky
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dry Fork ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
- Bordeaux
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Cherokee Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Cherokee Park is located in Davidson County
- Forest Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Forest Grove is located in Davidson County
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Davidson County
- Haysboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Ivy Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Little Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Little Creek is located in Davidson County
- Loveville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Maplewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Marrowbone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marrowbone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Pinnacle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pond Creek Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pond Creek Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Ridgepost ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Rosebank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Union Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Union Hill is located in Davidson County
- Williams Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Hills
- Williams Hills is located in Davidson County
- Pond Creek Ferry
How Far From Dry Fork 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 Dry Fork 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<5> community of Dry Fork once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Dry Fork and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Davidson County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Dry Fork to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 33 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,422 miles [10,335.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- 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).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Dry Fork) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dry Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2587, Longitude: -86.8522 In this case, the coordinates for Dry Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Dry Fork 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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 Dry Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Dry Fork to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.844 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.861 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.697 degrees. |