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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 Holland Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holland Ford 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 Holland Ford:
    • 36.122849, -84.834949
    • 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 Holland Ford
  • 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Holland Ford is near Cumberland County and also Fentress 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 Fentress 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 Holland Ford

Communities Also Named Holland Ford ...

We found one communities that are also named Holland Ford.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Holland Ford.

Beyond Tennessee.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Maury County
      • This Holland Ford is located in Maury County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Holland Ford that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Holland Ford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holland Ford ...

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.

  • Bucklick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bucklick is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
  • Flat Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Rock is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Genesis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Genesis is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesis
  • Halfway
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Halfway is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Hall Ford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hall Ford is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ford
  • Henry Ford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Henry Ford is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Ford
  • High Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • High Point is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Lavender
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lavender is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
  • Potter Ford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Potter Ford is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Ford

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holland Ford and extending to:

  • Wartburg, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Holland Ford to Wartburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,060 miles [11,362 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holland Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Holland Ford 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 Holland Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1228, Longitude: -84.8349       In this case, the coordinates for Holland Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.60 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.411 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.873 degrees.