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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 Ivy Bluff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ivy Bluff 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 Ivy Bluff:
    • 35.660906, -86.031377
    • 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 Ivy Bluff
  • 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 Cannon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cannon County
    • Since Ivy Bluff is near Coffee County and also Warren 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 Warren 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 Ivy Bluff

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ivy Bluff ...

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.

  • Coldwater ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Coldwater is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Crisp ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Crisp is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
  • Gnat Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gnat Hill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnat Hill
  • Hollow Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
    • Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
  • Holly ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Holly is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
  • Lewis Store
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lewis Store is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Store
  • Mooretown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mooretown is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooretown
  • Mud Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Mud Creek is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
  • New ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • New is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pleasant View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant View is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Pocahontas
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pocahontas is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Red Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Red Hill is located in Cannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
    • Rocky Point ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rocky Point is located in Cannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
    • Shady Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Shady Grove is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Wildwood Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Wildwood Mill is located in Cannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Mill

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

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

  • Woodbury, which is the Seat of Cannon County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Ivy Bluff to Woodbury, with an average speed<2> 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 54 miles [86.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 542 miles [872.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,418 miles [10,328.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,133 miles [11,479.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ivy Bluff) 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 Ivy Bluff 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 Ivy Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6609, Longitude: -86.0314       In this case, the coordinates for Ivy Bluff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.315 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.169 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.492 degrees.