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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 Dry Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dry Fork 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 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cheatham County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Dry Fork

Communities Also Named Dry Fork ...

We found nine communities that are also named Dry Fork.

Within Tennessee, the name Dry Fork is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of nine communities that are located 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
      • Chouteau County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Dry Fork [Chouteau County].
    • Utah
      • Uintah County
      • This Dry Fork is located in Uintah County and lies 1,265 miles [2,035.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dry Fork that is located in Davidson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uintah County community of Dry Fork.
    • 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.

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)
    • Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
  • Bordeaux
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bordeaux is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
  • Cherokee Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cherokee Park is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
  • Forest Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Forest Grove is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Greenville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenville is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Haysboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Haysboro is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysboro
  • Ivy Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ivy Point is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Point
  • Little Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Little Creek is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
  • Loveville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Loveville is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveville
  • Maplewood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Maplewood is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Marrowbone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
  • Pinnacle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinnacle is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pond Creek Ferry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pond Creek Ferry is located in Cheatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Ferry
    • Rest ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Rest is located in Cheatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
    • Ridgepost ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Ridgepost is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 people
    • Rosebank
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosebank is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
    • Union Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Union Hill is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • Williams Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Williams Hills is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Hills

How Far From Dry Fork to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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<3> 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<4>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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Dry Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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.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).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.844 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.861 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.697 degrees.