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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 Jones Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jones Chapel 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 Jones Chapel:
- 35.882287, -86.073601
- 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 Jones Chapel
- 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 Jones Chapel is near Rutherford County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson 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 Jones Chapel
Communities Also Named Jones Chapel ...
We found three communities that are also named Jones Chapel.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Jones Chapel.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Pickett 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 Tennessee community of Jones Chapel [Pickett County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cullman County
- This Jones Chapel is located in Cullman County and lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Jones Chapel that is located in Cannon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Jones Chapel.
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- This Jones Chapel is located in Washington County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Jones Chapel that is located in Cannon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Jones Chapel.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jones Chapel ...
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.
- Cottage Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cottage Home is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Home
- Estimated population in 2014: 88 people
- Gassaway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gassaway is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- Hardscrabble
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hardscrabble is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Mount Ararat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Ararat is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ararat
- Pleasant Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Porterfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Porterfield is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Prosperity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prosperity is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Rabbit Bluff ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rabbit Bluff is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Bluff
- Readyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stringtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Sugar Tree Knob
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sugar Tree Knob is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree Knob
- Sunny Slope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunny Slope is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slope
How Far From Jones Chapel 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 Jones Chapel 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<4> community of Jones Chapel once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Jones Chapel and extending to:
- Woodbury, which is the Seat of Cannon County, lies just to the South.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Jones Chapel to Nashville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 537 miles [864.2 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 31 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,409 miles [10,314.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,125 miles [11,466.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,000 miles [8,046.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Jones Chapel 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 '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- Jones Chapel) 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> | 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 Jones Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Jones Chapel 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 Jones Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8823, Longitude: -86.0736 In this case, the coordinates for Jones Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.349 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.239 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.456 degrees. |
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