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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 Fordtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fordtown 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 Fordtown:
- 36.365635, -84.118536
- 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 Fordtown
- 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Since Fordtown is near Anderson County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Fordtown
Communities Also Named Fordtown ...
We found one communities that are also named Fordtown.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Fordtown.
Beyond Tennessee.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Sullivan County
- This Fordtown is located in Sullivan County and lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the east of the Fordtown that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Fordtown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fordtown ...
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.
- Boy ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boy is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy
- Caryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hatmaker ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hatmaker is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Hunter
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hunter is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Indian Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Ivydell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ivydell is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivydell
- Jacksboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Long Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Long Hollow is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
- Peabody
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Peabody is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Pine Crest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
- Rocky Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ford is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Victory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Victory is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
How Far From Fordtown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fordtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fordtown and extending to:
- Jacksboro, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fordtown to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 424 miles [682.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,306 miles [10,148.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,019 miles [11,296 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fordtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fordtown 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 Fordtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3656, Longitude: -84.1185 In this case, the coordinates for Fordtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.17 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.953 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.508 degrees. |
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