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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 Horseshoe Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horseshoe Falls 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 Horseshoe Falls:
- 35.813123, -85.689703
- 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 Horseshoe Falls
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Horseshoe Falls is near DeKalb County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for White 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 Horseshoe Falls
Curious and Interesting Names Near Horseshoe Falls ...
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.
- Bone Cave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Campaign
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Campaign is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campaign
- Center Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Fall City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fall City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall City
- Frank Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Frank Ferry is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Ferry
- Goodbars
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goodbars is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbars
- Green Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Greens Crossroad
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Crossroad is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossroad
- Heads ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Heads is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads
- Jessie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jessie is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessie
- Joppa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Joppa is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Pin Hook Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pin Hook Ferry is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook Ferry
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pinhook is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Rock Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shady Rest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shady Rest is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Young Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Young Bend is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Bend
- Estimated population in 2014: 279 people
How Far From Horseshoe Falls 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 Horseshoe Falls 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 Horseshoe Falls once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Horseshoe Falls and extending to:
- McMinnville, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Horseshoe Falls to McMinnville, 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 65 miles [104.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 520 miles [836.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,397 miles [10,295 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,111 miles [11,444 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,987 miles [8,025.8 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 Horseshoe Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Horseshoe Falls) 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 Horseshoe Falls 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 Horseshoe Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8131, Longitude: -85.6897 In this case, the coordinates for Horseshoe Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.112 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.956 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.311 degrees. |
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