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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 Grimsley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grimsley 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 Grimsley:
- 36.267013, -84.984141
- 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 Grimsley
- 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 Fentress County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fentress County
- Since Grimsley is near Cumberland County and also Overton 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 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 Grimsley
Communities Also Named Grimsley ...
We found one communities that are also named Grimsley.
Within Tennessee, the name Grimsley is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Grimsley in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Laurens 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 Georgia community of Grimsley [Laurens County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grimsley ...
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.
- Boatland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Boatland is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boatland
- Boiling ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Boiling is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling
- Bucklick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Ground is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
- Cold Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cold Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Cooktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cooktown is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
- Hall Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ford
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Howard Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howard Ford is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Ford
- Jones Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jones Ford is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ford
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesville is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Muddy Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Muddy Pond is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Pond
- Sandy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sandy is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Vine Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vine Ridge is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Ridge
How Far From Grimsley 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 Grimsley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grimsley and extending to:
- Jamestown, which is the Seat of Fentress County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grimsley to Jamestown, 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 100 miles [160.9 km] to the west (W). 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 471 miles [758 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,061 miles [11,363.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Grimsley 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Grimsley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Grimsley 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 Grimsley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2670, Longitude: -84.9841 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.694 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.54 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.898 degrees. |
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