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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 Dykes Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dykes Crossroads 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 Dykes Crossroads:
- 35.996178, -85.078849
- 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 Dykes Crossroads
- 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Dykes Crossroads is near Putnam County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Open the eBird sighting report for White 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 Dykes Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dykes Crossroads ...
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.
- Camelot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Claysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Claysville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Crossville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drowning Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Drowning Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drowning Creek
- Fairyland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairyland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairyland
- Foxfire
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Foxfire is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Hide-A-Way Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hide-A-Way Hills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Hills
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Holiday Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holiday Hills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Howard Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Livesay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Livesay is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livesay
- Meadowview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Volunteer Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Volunteer Heights is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Heights
- Woodlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Woody
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
How Far From Dykes Crossroads 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 Dykes Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dykes Crossroads and extending to:
- Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Dykes Crossroads to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 484 miles [778.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,077 miles [11,389.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dykes Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Dykes Crossroads 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 Dykes Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9962, Longitude: -85.0788 In this case, the coordinates for Dykes Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.745 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.56 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.008 degrees. |
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