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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 Head, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fountain Head 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 Fountain Head:
- 36.550049, -86.498363
- 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 Head
- 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 Sumner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner County
- Since Fountain Head is near Robertson County and also Simpson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Robertson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson 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 Head
Communities Also Named Fountain Head ...
We found one communities that are also named Fountain Head.
Within Tennessee, the name Fountain Head is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Fountain Head in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Washington County
- This Fountain Head is located in Washington County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fountain Head that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Fountain Head.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fountain Head ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brackentown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brackentown is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackentown
- Cherry Mount ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cherry Mount is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Mount
- Chestnut Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Chestnut Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Cottontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Graball
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Graball is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Hall Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hall Town is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
- Mitchell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pipers Chapel
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pipers Chapel is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Chapel
- Rock Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Scattersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scattersville is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattersville
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Fountain Head 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 Head to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fountain Head and extending to:
- Gallatin, which is the Seat of Sumner County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fountain Head to Gallatin, with an average speed<3> 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 31 miles [49.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 541 miles [870.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,394 miles [10,290.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,114 miles [11,448.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,989 miles [8,029 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fountain Head) 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 Fountain Head 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 Head. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5500, Longitude: -86.4984 In this case, the coordinates for Fountain Head have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.634 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.661 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.473 degrees. |
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