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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 Hoffasville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hoffasville 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 Hoffasville:
- 36.336718, -86.998613
- 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 Hoffasville
- 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 Cheatham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cheatham County
- Since Hoffasville is near Davidson County and also Robertson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Robertson 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 Hoffasville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hoffasville ...
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.
- Bearwallow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Chestnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Forest Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forest Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Knights Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Knights Ferry is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Ferry
- Marrowbone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Pinnacle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pinnacle is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
- Pleasant View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rest ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rest is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
- Ridgepost ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgepost is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepost
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,732 people
- Sandy Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Sulphur Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Williams Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Williams Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Hills
How Far From Hoffasville 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 Hoffasville 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<2> community of Hoffasville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hoffasville and extending to:
- Ashland City, which is the Seat of Cheatham County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Hoffasville to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 572 miles [920.5 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,020 miles [8,078.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hoffasville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hoffasville) 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 Hoffasville 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 Hoffasville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3367, Longitude: -86.9986 In this case, the coordinates for Hoffasville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.938 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.98 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.741 degrees. |
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