Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Duncan's Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Duncan's Chapel and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Duncan's Chapel
- 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 Duncan's Chapel:
- 36.271512, -85.450637
- 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 Duncan's 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 Overton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Overton County
- Since Duncan's Chapel is near Putnam County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- eBird sighting report for Jackson 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Duncan's 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.
- Grandview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Green Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Green Hills is located in Putnam County
- Green Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Green Valley is located in Putnam County
- Hardy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Putnam County
- Jeremiah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
- Jeremiah is located in Putnam County
- Marchbanks ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marchbanks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchbanks
- Marchbanks is located in Putnam County
- Netherlands ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Netherlands have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Netherlands is located in Overton County
- Poplar Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Poplar Springs is located in Overton County
- Post Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Rolling Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Rolling Meadows is located in Putnam County
- Sulphur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Duncan's 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 Duncan's Chapel 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<2> community of Duncan's Chapel once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Duncan's Chapel and extending to:
- Livingston, which is the Seat of Overton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Duncan's Chapel to Livingston, with an average speed<4> 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 74 miles [119.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 494 miles [795 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,365 miles [10,243.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,081 miles [11,395.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,956 miles [7,975.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Duncan's Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Duncan's Chapel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Duncan's Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2715, Longitude: -85.4506 |
| <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 Duncan's Chapel to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.98 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.869 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.094 degrees. |