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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 Few Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Few Chapel 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 Few Chapel:
    • 36.106449, -87.579184
    • 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 Few Chapel
  • 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 Humphreys County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys County
    • Since Few Chapel is near Dickson County and also Houston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Houston 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 Few Chapel

Curious and Interesting Names Near Few Chapel ...

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.

  • Fewville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fewville is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fewville
  • Fleetvile ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fleetvile is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetvile
  • Forks of Blue Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Forks of Blue Creek is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Blue Creek
  • Hillcrest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Hortense
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hortense is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortense
  • Jason Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jason Chapel is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason Chapel
  • Liberty
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Liberty is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Milltown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Milltown is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Oak Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pond is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
  • Poplar Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Poplar Grove is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
  • Robinsons Chapel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Robinsons Chapel is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Chapel
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Silvertop
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Silvertop is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvertop
    • Spring Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Spring Valley is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Tennessee City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
    • Water Valley ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Water Valley is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
    • Yellow Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Yellow Creek is located in Dickson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek

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

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

  • Waverly, which is the Seat of Humphreys County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Few Chapel to Waverly, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 608 miles [978.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,180 miles [11,555.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,055 miles [8,135.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Few Chapel) 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 Few Chapel 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 Few Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1064, Longitude: -87.5792       In this case, the coordinates for Few Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.29 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.354 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.046 degrees.