Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Linsdale:
  • 35.251462, -84.627991
  • 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 Linsdale

• 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Since Linsdale is near McMinn County and also Bradley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley 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 Linsdale

Curious and Interesting Names Near Linsdale ...

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.

• Carlock
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Carlock is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
• Columbus ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Columbus is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
• Cooks Ferry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cooks Ferry is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Ferry
• Dentville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Dentville is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentville
• Double Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Double Springs is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
• Grief ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Grief is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grief
• Oak Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Oak Grove is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Old Patty
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Old Patty is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Patty
• Patty
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Patty is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty
• Yancey ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Yancey is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey

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

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

• Benton, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Linsdale to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 487 miles [783.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,965 miles [7,990.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'