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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 Earleyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Earleyville 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 Earleyville:
    • 35.757570, -85.857763
    • 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 Earleyville
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Earleyville is near Cannon County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cannon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Earleyville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Earleyville ...

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.

  • Bethany
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bethany is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Bluewing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bluewing is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
  • Centertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Centertown is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
  • Crisp Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Crisp Spring is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp Spring
  • Cross Roads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Roads is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Daylight
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Daylight is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
  • Flatwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Flatwood is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
  • Green Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Hill is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Jessie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jessie is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessie
  • Lucky
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lucky is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
  • New ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • New is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New
  • Oak Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pleasant View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant View is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Shady Rest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Shady Rest is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest

How Far From Earleyville 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 Earleyville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Earleyville and extending to:

  • McMinnville, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Earleyville to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 530 miles [853 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,406 miles [10,309.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,121 miles [11,460.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,996 miles [8,040.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Earleyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Earleyville 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 Earleyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7576, Longitude: -85.8578       In this case, the coordinates for Earleyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.213 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.064 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.395 degrees.