Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Gum Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gum Creek and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Gum Creek

• 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 Gum Creek:
  • 35.292581, -86.006927
  • 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 Gum Creek

• 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
  • Since Gum Creek is near Coffee County and also Grundy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy 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 Gum Creek

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gum Creek ...

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.

• Asia
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Asia is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asia
• Calls
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Calls is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calls
• Glen
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Glen is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
• Greenhaw
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
• Oak Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Oak Grove is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Prairie Plains
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairie Plains is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Plains
• Providence
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Providence is located in Grundy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
• Ruthledge Ford
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
  • Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
• Ruthledge Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Ruthledge Hill is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Hill
• Shady Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Shady Grove is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove

How Far From Gum Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gum Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Gum Creek and extending to:

• Winchester, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gum Creek to Winchester, with an average speed<2> 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 73 miles [117.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 552 miles [888.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,148 miles [11,503.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,023 miles [8,083.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'