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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 Flat Rock Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flat Rock Ford 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 Flat Rock Ford:
- 35.969240, -84.670774
- 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 Flat Rock Ford
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Flat Rock Ford is near Cumberland County and also Roane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roane 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 Flat Rock Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flat Rock Ford ...
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.
- Deerwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deerwood is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Dry Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dry Hill is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Millstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millstone is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Nemo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Pine Orchard
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Orchard is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
- Pond Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pond Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Grove
- Postoak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Rockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rogers
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Walnut Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Flat Rock Ford 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 Flat Rock Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Flat Rock Ford and extending to:
- Wartburg, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Flat Rock Ford to Wartburg, with an average speed<3> 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 118 miles [189.9 km] to the west (W). 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 464 miles [746.7 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 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,060 miles [11,362 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 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 '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- Flat Rock Ford) 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 Flat Rock Ford 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 Flat Rock Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9692, Longitude: -84.6708 In this case, the coordinates for Flat Rock Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.497 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.271 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.844 degrees. |
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