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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 Gainesboro Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gainesboro Ferry 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 Gainesboro Ferry:
- 36.373670, -85.653866
- 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 Gainesboro Ferry
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Gainesboro Ferry is near Clay County and also Overton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Overton 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 Gainesboro Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gainesboro Ferry ...
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.
- Cub Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cub Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Creek
- Flynns Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flynns Lick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynns Lick
- Harmony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hurricane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hurricane is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- McCoinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McCoinsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoinsville
- Rough Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rough Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Point
- Stone
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stone is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Sugar Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
How Far From Gainesboro Ferry 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 Gainesboro Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Gainesboro Ferry and extending to:
- Gainesboro, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Gainesboro Ferry to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 502 miles [807.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,369 miles [10,249.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,085 miles [11,402.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,961 miles [7,984 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gainesboro Ferry) 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 Gainesboro Ferry 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 Gainesboro Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3737, Longitude: -85.6539 In this case, the coordinates for Gainesboro Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.107 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.03 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.155 degrees. |
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