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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 Earnest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Earnest 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 Earnest:
    • 35.000354, -84.842720
    • 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 Earnest
  • 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 Bradley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley County
    • Since Earnest is near Whitfield County and also Murray County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Murray 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 Earnest

Communities Also Named Earnest ...

We found five communities that are also named Earnest.

Within Tennessee, the name Earnest is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Rooks County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Earnest [Rooks County].
    • Mississippi
      • Coahoma County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Earnest [Coahoma County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Earnest [Dauphin County].
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Earnest [Montgomery County].
    • South Carolina
      • Florence County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Earnest [Florence County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Earnest ...

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.

  • Beaverdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Beaverdale is located in Whitfield County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
  • Cedar Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Spring is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Spring
  • Edgar ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgar is located in Whitfield County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
  • Flint Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Flint Springs is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Springs
  • Gap Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gap Spring is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Spring
  • Gregory
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gregory is located in Murray County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,432 people
  • Pumpkin Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pumpkin Center is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
  • Red Clay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Red Clay is located in Whitfield County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Clay
  • Red Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Hill is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Sugar Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sugar Grove is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
  • Temple Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Temple Grove is located in Murray County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Grove
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,795 people
  • Union
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Union is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Grove is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
  • Wildwood Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people

How Far From Earnest 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 Earnest 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 Earnest once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Earnest and extending to:

  • Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Earnest to Cleveland, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 134 miles [215.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 507 miles [815.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,109 miles [11,440.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,985 miles [8,022.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Earnest 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.
<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 Earnest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Earnest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Earnest 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 Earnest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0004, Longitude: -84.8427       In this case, the coordinates for Earnest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.571 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.22 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.162 degrees.