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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 Forrest Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forrest Park 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 Forrest Park:
    • 35.355079, -86.192211
    • 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 Forrest Park
  • 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
    • Since Forrest Park is near Franklin County and also Moore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Moore 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 Forrest Park

Communities Also Named Forrest Park ...

We found six communities that are also named Forrest Park.

Within Tennessee, the name Forrest Park is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Forrest Park [Los Angeles County].
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Forrest Park is located in Fulton County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the southeast of the Forrest Park that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Forrest Park.
    • Kentucky
      • Clark County
      • This Forrest Park is located in Clark County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Forrest Park that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Forrest Park.
    • Mississippi
      • Forrest County
      • This Forrest Park is located in Forrest County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Forrest Park that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forrest County community of Forrest Park.
    • Northwest Territories
      • This Forrest Park lies 2,228 miles [3,585.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Forrest Park that is located in Coffee County.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Forrest Park is located in Aiken County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Forrest Park that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Forrest Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Forrest Park ...

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.

  • Black Jack
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Black Jack is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
  • Bobs Cross Roads ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bobs Cross Roads is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Cross Roads
  • Cascade Hollow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
  • Dixie ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dixie is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Flowertown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Flowertown is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown
  • Johnstown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Johnstown is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • Normandy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Plainview Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Plainview Heights is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Heights
  • Pleasant Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Raysville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Raysville is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raysville
  • Sevenmile Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sevenmile Hill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Hill
  • Turkey Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Turkey Creek is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
  • Willow Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

How Far From Forrest Park 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 Forrest Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Forrest Park and extending to:

  • Manchester, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Forrest Park to Manchester, with an average speed<4> 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 64 miles [103 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 559 miles [899.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,439 miles [10,362.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,028 miles [8,091.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Forrest Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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- Forrest Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Forrest Park 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 Forrest Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3551, Longitude: -86.1922       In this case, the coordinates for Forrest Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.401 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.225 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.633 degrees.