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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 Fleetvile, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fleetvile 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 Fleetvile:
- 36.193391, -87.466679
- 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 Fleetvile
- 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 Dickson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickson County
- Since Fleetvile is near Houston County and also Humphreys County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys 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 Fleetvile
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fleetvile ...
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.
- Berry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Berry is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
- Big Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Big Springs is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Charlotte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Few Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Few Chapel is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Few Chapel
- Harris Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harris Hollow is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Hollow
- Hortense
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hortense is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortense
- Marthas Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marthas Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marthas Chapel
- Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Promise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Promise is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
- Spring Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stony Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Sweet Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Home is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Tennessee City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Yellow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
How Far From Fleetvile 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 Fleetvile to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Fleetvile once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fleetvile and extending to:
- Charlotte, which is the Seat of Dickson County, lies just to the East.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Fleetvile to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 600 miles [965.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,171 miles [11,540.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,046 miles [8,120.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fleetvile, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Fleetvile) 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 Fleetvile 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 Fleetvile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1934, Longitude: -87.4667 In this case, the coordinates for Fleetvile have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.224 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.289 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.977 degrees. |
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