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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.
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Gladeville
- 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 Wilson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
- Since Gladeville is near Rutherford County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson 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 Gladeville
Communities Also Named Gladeville ...
We found one communities that are also named 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)
- Cairo Bend is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Bend
- Centralville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centralville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralville
- Clearview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clearview is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Couchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Couchville is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couchville
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Forktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Forktown is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forktown
- Harbor Isles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harbor Isles is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Isles
- Hickory Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hurricane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hurricane is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Josephine ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Josephine is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Leeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lynn Christie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie
- Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Major
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Major is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
- Maple Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Hill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Martha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Martha is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
- Mount Juliet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Ponderosa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ponderosa is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Rockdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Rural Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Settlers Knob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Settlers Knob is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Knob
- Silver Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Silver Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Silver Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Silver Springs is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Tater Peeler ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tater Peeler is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tater Peeler
- Vine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vine is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine
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<3> beginning in Gladeville and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Wilson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gladeville to Lebanon, with an average speed<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,005 miles [8,054.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Gladeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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.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 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.57 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.525 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.546 degrees. |
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