Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Kraus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kraus and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Kraus

• 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 Kraus:
  • 35.665904, -87.031116
  • 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 Kraus

• 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 Maury County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Maury County
  • Since Kraus is near Williamson County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Kraus

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kraus ...

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.

• Bookers Ferry
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Bookers Ferry is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookers Ferry
• Creek Side
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Creek Side is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Side
• Field Crest
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Field Crest is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crest
• Flint Valley ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Flint Valley is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Valley
• Idlewild
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Idlewild is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
• Match
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Match is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Match
• Pleasant Hills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Hills is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
• Rolling Fields
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rolling Fields is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fields
• Royal Oaks
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Royal Oaks is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
• Sunnyside
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sunnyside is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
• Union Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Grove is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove

How Far From Kraus 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 Kraus 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<1> community of Kraus once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kraus and extending to:

• Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies just to the South.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Kraus to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 592 miles [952.7 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 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,176 miles [11,548.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,051 miles [8,128.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'