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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 Key Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Key Ford 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 Key Ford:
- 36.337851, -84.804946
- 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 Key Ford
- 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 Fentress County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fentress County
- Since Key Ford is near Morgan County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Key Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Key Ford ...
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.
- Boiling ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling
- Burrville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Coal Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coal Hill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Deer Lodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Goad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goad is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goad
- Howard Ford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Howard Ford is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Ford
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lavender
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Mount Helen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Helen is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Helen
- Rugby
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Speck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Speck is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck
- Sunbright
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Key Ford 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 Key Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Key Ford and extending to:
- Jamestown, which is the Seat of Fentress County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Key Ford to Jamestown, with an average speed<3> 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 110 miles [177 km] to the west (W). 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 459 miles [738.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,336 miles [10,196.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,050 miles [11,345.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,925 miles [7,926 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Key Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Key Ford 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 Key Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3379, Longitude: -84.8049 In this case, the coordinates for Key Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.587 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.427 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.804 degrees. |
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