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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 Jessie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jessie 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 Jessie:
- 35.753681, -85.742204
- 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 Jessie
- 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 Jessie 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 Jessie
Communities Also Named Jessie ...
We found two communities that are also named Jessie.
Within Tennessee, the name Jessie is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Cassia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Jessie [Cassia County].
- North Dakota
- Griggs County
- This Jessie is located in Griggs County and lies 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Jessie that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Griggs County community of Jessie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jessie ...
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.
- Bethany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Campaign
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Campaign is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campaign
- Daylight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Earleyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Earleyville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleyville
- Fall City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fall City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall City
- Goodbars
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Goodbars is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbars
- Green Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Greens Crossroad
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greens Crossroad is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossroad
- Groves ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Groves is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groves
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls
- Joppa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Joppa is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Lucky
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lucky is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Rock Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shady Rest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shady Rest is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Jessie 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 Jessie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jessie and extending to:
- McMinnville, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Jessie to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 524 miles [843.3 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 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 6,401 miles [10,301.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,116 miles [11,452.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,991 miles [8,032.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Jessie 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jessie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Jessie 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 Jessie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7537, Longitude: -85.7422 In this case, the coordinates for Jessie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.142 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.982 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.347 degrees. |
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