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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 Fairyland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairyland 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 Fairyland:
    • 35.912568, -85.051347
    • 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 Fairyland
  • 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 Fairyland is near White County and also Bledsoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for White County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bledsoe 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 Fairyland

Communities Also Named Fairyland ...

We found two communities that are also named Fairyland.

Within Tennessee, the name Fairyland is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Brevard 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 Florida community of Fairyland [Brevard County].
    • Georgia
      • Walker 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 Georgia community of Fairyland [Walker County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairyland ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Camelot is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Crossville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Foxfire
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Foxfire is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Hide-A-Way Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hide-A-Way Hills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Hills
  • Highland View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Highland View is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
  • Hillcrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hillcrest is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Holiday Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Homestead
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Homestead is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
  • Howard Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
  • Livesay
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Livesay is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livesay
  • Meadowview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadowview is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Rolling Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Russell Shack Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Russell Shack Ridge is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Shack Ridge
    • Volunteer Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Volunteer Heights is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Heights
    • Wild Plum
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Wild Plum is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Plum
    • Woodlawn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Woodlawn is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fairyland and extending to:

  • Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fairyland to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 485 miles [780.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,079 miles [11,392.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,955 miles [7,974.3 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Fairyland 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 from Point A (ie- Fairyland) 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 Fairyland 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 Fairyland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9126, Longitude: -85.0513       In this case, the coordinates for Fairyland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.726 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.526 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.018 degrees.