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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 Fanetta Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fanetta Gardens 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 Fanetta Gardens:
    • 35.180070, -85.230513
    • 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 Fanetta Gardens
  • 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Since Fanetta Gardens is near Sequatchie County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sequatchie County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Fanetta Gardens

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fanetta Gardens ...

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.

  • Crabtree Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Crabtree Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hills
    • Estimated population in 2014: 763 people
  • Cross Timbers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Timbers is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
  • Dana Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dana Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Hills
  • Echo Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Echo Glen is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Glen
  • Falling Water
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Falling Water is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Water
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,232 people
  • Garden Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Garden Farms is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
  • Greens Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Greens Mill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
  • Hickory Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • Irongate
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Irongate is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
  • Kings Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Kings Ridge is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
  • Long Branch
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Long Branch is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Mile Straight
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Mile Straight is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Straight
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sandalwood Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Sandalwood Village is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood Village
    • Springcrest
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Springcrest is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest
    • Town Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Town Hills is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hills
    • Valleybrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Valleybrook is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleybrook

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fanetta Gardens and extending to:

  • Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fanetta Gardens to Chattanooga, with an average speed<2> 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 110 miles [177 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 519 miles [835.2 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,407 miles [10,311.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,118 miles [11,455.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,994 miles [8,037.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Fanetta Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Fanetta Gardens 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 Fanetta Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1801, Longitude: -85.2305       In this case, the coordinates for Fanetta Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.811 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.521 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.276 degrees.