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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 Fair View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fair View 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 Fair View:
    • 36.495885, -87.897248
    • 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 Fair View
  • 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

Communities Also Named Fair View ...

We found four communities that share the name Fair View.

Within Tennessee, the name Fair View is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

In addition to the above occurrences of Fair View, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jackson County
      • This Fair View is located in Jackson County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Fair View that is located in Stewart County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Fair View.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Fair View lies 1,313 miles [2,113.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fair View that is located in Stewart County.
    • Wyoming
      • Uinta 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 Wyoming community of Fair View [Uinta County].
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Barbados
      • Distance: 2,381 miles [3,831.8 km]<1> to the southeast

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fair View ...

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.

  • Bear Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Spring
    • Bear Spring is located in Stewart County
  • Big Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
    • Big Rock is located in Stewart County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Rock <4>
  • Bumpus Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Chestnut Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Stewart County
  • Cotton Patch Crossroads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Patch Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Patch Crossroads
    • Cotton Patch Crossroads is located in Houston County
  • Cross Roads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
    • Cross Roads is located in Stewart County
  • Dover
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Stewart County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
    • Former name for Dover:
    • Monroe
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <4>
  • Indian Mound
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Liberty
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Liberty is located in Henry County
  • Mint Spring ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mint Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Spring
    • Mint Spring is located in Stewart County
  • Tip Top
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tip Top have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
    • Tip Top is located in Stewart County
  • Tobaccoport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tobaccoport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobaccoport
    • Tobaccoport is located in Stewart County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fair View and extending to:

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Stewart County, lies just to the East.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Fair View to Nashville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 615 miles [989.7 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 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,453 miles [10,385.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,176 miles [11,548.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,051 miles [8,128.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fair View. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Stewart County: www.stewartcountygovernment.com

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Fair View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fair View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4959, Longitude: -87.8972       In this case, the coordinates for Fair View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Fair View 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Fair View to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.506 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.657 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.095 degrees.









 

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