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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 Forks of Piney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forks of Piney 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 Forks of Piney:
- 36.011173, -87.444181
- 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 Forks of Piney
- 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 Forks of Piney is near Hickman County and also Humphreys County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman 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 Forks of Piney
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forks of Piney ...
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.
- Burns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dickson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fewville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fewville is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fewville
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hillcrest is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Iron Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Iron Hill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
- Jason Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jason Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason Chapel
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Robinsons Chapel
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Robinsons Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Chapel
- Tennessee City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
How Far From Forks of Piney 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 Forks of Piney 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 Forks of Piney once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Forks of Piney and extending to:
- Charlotte, which is the Seat of Dickson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Forks of Piney to Charlotte, with an average speed<4> 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 38 miles [61.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 603 miles [970.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,053 miles [8,132 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 Forks of Piney, 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' (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- Forks of Piney) 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 Forks of Piney 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 Forks of Piney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0112, Longitude: -87.4442 In this case, the coordinates for Forks of Piney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.202 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.239 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.01 degrees. |
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