Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fall City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fall City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fall City
- 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 Fall City:
- 35.805623, -85.648313
- 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 Fall City
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Fall City is near White County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for White County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fall City ...
We found two communities that share the name Fall City.
Within Tennessee, the name Fall City is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fall City ...
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.
- Bone Cave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Campaign
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campaign
- Campaign is located in Warren County
- Center Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Center Point is located in White County
- Frank Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frank Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Ferry
- Frank Ferry is located in White County
- Goodbars
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Greens Crossroad
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Crossroad have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossroad
- Greens Crossroad is located in Warren County
- Heads ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horseshoe Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls
- Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County
- Joppa
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Rock Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Rock Island is located in Warren County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Island <4>
How Far From Fall City 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 Fall City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fall City and extending to:
- McMinnville, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fall City to McMinnville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 518 miles [833.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,110 miles [11,442.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,985 miles [8,022.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fall City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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' (or 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- Fall City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fall City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8056, Longitude: -85.6483 In this case, the coordinates for Fall City 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 Fall City 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 Fall City 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 313.086 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.926 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.295 degrees. |