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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 Fairfield Glade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairfield Glade 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 Fairfield Glade:
- 36.000347, -84.886340
- 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 Fairfield Glade
- 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 Fairfield Glade is near Morgan County and also Fentress County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fentress 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 Fairfield Glade
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairfield Glade ...
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.
- Bowling
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling
- Cherry Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cherry Branch is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Branch
- Chestnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Crab Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Daddys Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Daddys Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daddys Creek
- Henry Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Henry Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Ford
- Lake Pomeroy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Otter Creek Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Otter Creek Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek Junction
- Potter Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Potter Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Ford
- Rogers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Slate Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Slate Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs
How Far From Fairfield Glade 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 Fairfield Glade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fairfield Glade and extending to:
- Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fairfield Glade 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 474 miles [762.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,068 miles [11,374.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,944 miles [7,956.6 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairfield Glade) 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 Fairfield Glade 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 Fairfield Glade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0003, Longitude: -84.8863 In this case, the coordinates for Fairfield Glade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.628 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.426 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.926 degrees. |
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