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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 Fountain Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fountain Grove 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 Fountain Grove:
    • 35.560630, -85.943596
    • 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 Fountain Grove
  • 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 Fountain Grove is near Warren County and also Grundy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy 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 Fountain Grove

Communities Also Named Fountain Grove ...

We found one communities that are also named Fountain Grove.

Within Tennessee, the name Fountain Grove is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Fountain Grove in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Linn County
      • This Fountain Grove is located in Linn County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fountain Grove that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Fountain Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fountain Grove ...

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.

  • Chestnut Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Crisp ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Crisp is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
  • Crisp Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Crisp Spring is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp Spring
  • Dawn ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Dawn is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
  • Forest Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
  • Ivy Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ivy Bluff is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Bluff
  • Mud Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mud Creek is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
  • New ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • New is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New
  • Pocahontas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pocahontas is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
  • Ragsdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ragsdale is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
  • Shady Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Grove is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Smartt
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Smartt is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartt
  • Summitville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Summitville is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville

How Far From Fountain Grove 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 Fountain Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Manchester, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fountain Grove to Manchester, with an average speed<2> 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 62 miles [99.8 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 540 miles [869 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,419 miles [10,330.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,133 miles [11,479.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,009 miles [8,061.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fountain Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Fountain Grove 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 Fountain Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5606, Longitude: -85.9436       In this case, the coordinates for Fountain Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.258 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.089 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.479 degrees.