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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 Gladeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gladeville 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 Gladeville:
    • 36.112835, -86.418442
    • 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 Gladeville
  • 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 Gladeville ...

We found one communities that share the name Gladeville.

Within Tennessee, the name Gladeville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Wise 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 Virginia community of Gladeville [Wise County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gladeville ...

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.

  • Cairo Bend
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cairo Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Bend
    • Cairo Bend is located in Wilson County
  • Centralville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centralville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralville
    • Centralville is located in Wilson County
  • Clearview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
    • Clearview is located in Wilson County
  • Couchville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Couchville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couchville
    • Couchville is located in Davidson County
  • Flat Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Flat Rock is located in Wilson County
  • Forktown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forktown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forktown
    • Forktown is located in Wilson County
  • Harbor Isles
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Isles have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Isles
    • Harbor Isles is located in Rutherford County
  • Hickory Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
    • Hickory Grove is located in Rutherford County
  • Hurricane
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurricane have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
    • Hurricane is located in Wilson County
  • Josephine ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josephine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
    • Josephine is located in Wilson County
  • Leeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
    • Leeville is located in Wilson County
  • Lynn Christie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Christie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie
    • Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County
    • Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Major
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Major have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
      • Major is located in Wilson County
    • Maple Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
      • Maple Hill is located in Wilson County
    • Martha
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martha have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
      • Martha is located in Wilson County
    • Mount Juliet
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Juliet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Juliet
      • Mount Juliet is located in Wilson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,526 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Juliet <3>
    • Pleasant Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Wilson County
    • Ponderosa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ponderosa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
      • Ponderosa is located in Rutherford County
    • Rockdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
      • Rockdale is located in Rutherford County
    • Rural Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rural Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
      • Rural Hill is located in Wilson County
    • Settlers Knob
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Settlers Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Knob
      • Settlers Knob is located in Wilson County
    • Silver Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
      • Silver Hill is located in Rutherford County
    • Silver Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
      • Silver Springs is located in Wilson County
    • Tater Peeler ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tater Peeler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tater Peeler
      • Tater Peeler is located in Wilson County
    • Vine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine
      • Vine is located in Wilson County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Gladeville and extending to:

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Wilson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gladeville to Lebanon, with an average speed<5> 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 20 miles [32.2 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 548 miles [881.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,130 miles [11,474.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,005 miles [8,054.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gladeville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Wilson County: www.wilsoncountytn.com/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Gladeville 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Gladeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gladeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1128, Longitude: -86.4184    
<5>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.
<6>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 Gladeville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.57 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.525 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.546 degrees.









 

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