Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fosterville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fosterville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fosterville
- 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 Fosterville:
- 35.655070, -86.403048
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fosterville
- 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since Fosterville is near Bedford County and also Coffee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- eBird sighting report for Coffee 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fosterville ...
We found ten communities that share the name Fosterville.
Within Tennessee, the name Fosterville is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Fosterville is located in Hillsborough County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Fosterville that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Fosterville.
- New Brunswick
- This Fosterville lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fosterville that is located in Rutherford County.
- New York
- Cayuga County
- This Fosterville is located in Cayuga County and lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fosterville that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Fosterville.
- Ohio
- Jefferson County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fosterville.
- Mahoning County
- This Fosterville is located in Mahoning County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fosterville that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Fosterville.
- Preble County
- This Fosterville is located in Preble County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km] to the north northeast of the Fosterville that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preble County community of Fosterville.
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Fosterville [Westmoreland County].
- Texas
- Anderson County
- This Fosterville is located in Anderson County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fosterville that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Fosterville.
- Virginia
- Stafford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fosterville [Stafford County].
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- This Fosterville is located in Boone County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fosterville that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Fosterville.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fosterville ...
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.
- Bell Buckle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell Buckle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Buckle
- Bell Buckle is located in Bedford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell Buckle <5>
- Carter Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carter Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Crossroads
- Carter Crossroads is located in Bedford County
- Christiana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christiana have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Christiana is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christiana <5>
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Gum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Link
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Longview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Plainview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Short Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Short Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Short Creek is located in Rutherford County
- Steeplechase Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steeplechase Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase Meadows
- Steeplechase Meadows is located in Rutherford County
- Webbs Jungle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webbs Jungle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbs Jungle
- Webbs Jungle is located in Bedford County
How Far From Fosterville 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 Fosterville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fosterville and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Fosterville to Murfreesboro, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 40 miles [64.4 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 just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 560 miles [901.2 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,149 miles [11,505.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fosterville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Rutherford County: www.rutherfordcounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fosterville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fosterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6551, Longitude: -86.4030 In this case, the coordinates for Fosterville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Fosterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Fosterville 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Fosterville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.543 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.43 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.65 degrees. |