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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 Irongate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Irongate 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 Irongate:
    • 35.185626, -85.203290
    • 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 Irongate
  • 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Since Irongate is near Sequatchie County and also Bradley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sequatchie County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley 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 Irongate

Communities Also Named Irongate ...

We found seven communities that are also named Irongate.

Within Tennessee, the name Irongate is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bulloch County
      • This Irongate is located in Bulloch County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Irongate that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Irongate.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Irongate is located in Carroll County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Irongate that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Irongate.
      • Frederick County
      • This Irongate is located in Frederick County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km] to the northeast of the Irongate that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Irongate.
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Irongate [Onondaga County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Irongate is located in Wake County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the east of the Irongate that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Irongate.
      • Wayne County
      • This Irongate is located in Wayne County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km] to the east of the Irongate that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Irongate.
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Irongate is located in Beaufort County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Irongate that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Irongate.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Irongate ...

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.

  • Caramel Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Caramel Village is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caramel Village
  • Crabtree Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Crabtree Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hills
    • Estimated population in 2014: 763 people
  • Cross Timbers
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cross Timbers is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
  • Dana Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Dana Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Hills
  • Echo Glen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Echo Glen is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Glen
  • Garden Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Garden Farms is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
  • Green Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Green Cove is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
  • Greens Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Greens Mill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
  • Hidden Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hidden Harbor is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Harbor
  • Kings Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Ridge is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
  • Long Branch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Branch is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Mile Straight
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mile Straight is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Straight
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Ridge Bay
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Ridge Bay is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Bay
    • Sandalwood Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sandalwood Village is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood Village
    • Springcrest
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Springcrest is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springcrest
    • Town Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Town Hills is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hills
    • Valleybrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Valleybrook is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleybrook

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

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

  • Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Irongate to Chattanooga, 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 111 miles [178.6 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 517 miles [832 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,406 miles [10,309.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,117 miles [11,453.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,993 miles [8,035.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Irongate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Irongate 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.
<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 Irongate 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 Irongate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1856, Longitude: -85.2033       In this case, the coordinates for Irongate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.795 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.503 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.264 degrees.