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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 Grapevine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grapevine 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 Grapevine:
    • 35.756457, -85.130515
    • 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 Grapevine
  • 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 Bledsoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bledsoe County
    • Since Grapevine is near Cumberland County and also Van Buren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren 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 Grapevine

Communities Also Named Grapevine ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Grapevine.

Within Tennessee, the name Grapevine is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Gila County
      • This Grapevine is located in Gila County and lies 1,474 miles [2,372.2 km]<1> to the west of the Grapevine that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gila County community of Grapevine.
    • Arkansas
      • Grant County
      • This Grapevine is located in Grant County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grapevine that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Grapevine.
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This Grapevine is located in Kern County and lies 1,895 miles [3,049.7 km]<1> to the west of the Grapevine that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Grapevine.
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Grapevine [Gwinnett County].
    • Kentucky
      • Hopkins County
      • This Grapevine is located in Hopkins County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Grapevine that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Grapevine.
      • Perry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Grapevine [Perry County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Clair County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Grapevine [Saint Clair County].
    • North Carolina
      • Madison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Grapevine [Madison County].
    • Texas
      • Tarrant County
      • This Grapevine is located in Tarrant County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grapevine that is located in Bledsoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Grapevine.
    • West Virginia
      • McDowell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Grapevine [McDowell County].
      • Summers County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Grapevine [Summers County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grapevine ...

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.

  • Big Lick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
  • Cold Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cold Spring is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Hart ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hart is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
  • Herbert Domain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Herbert Domain is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert Domain
  • Music ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Music is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
  • New Era
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • New Era is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
  • Oak Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Old Winesap
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Winesap is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Winesap
  • Seals ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Seals is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Grapevine once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Grapevine and extending to:

  • Pikeville, which is the Seat of Bledsoe County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grapevine to Pikeville, 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 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 494 miles [795 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,376 miles [10,261.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,965 miles [7,990.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grapevine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Grapevine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Grapevine 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.
<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 Grapevine 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 Grapevine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7565, Longitude: -85.1305       In this case, the coordinates for Grapevine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.769 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.554 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.091 degrees.