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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 Loveville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loveville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Loveville:
    • 36.239776, -86.739720
    • 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 Loveville
  • 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 Davidson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
    • Since Loveville is near Sumner County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner 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 Loveville

Communities Also Named Loveville ...

We found three communities that are also named Loveville.

Within Tennessee, the name Loveville is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Loveville is located in New Castle County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Loveville that is located in Davidson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Loveville.
    • Maryland
      • Saint Mary's County
      • This Loveville is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Loveville that is located in Davidson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Loveville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Loveville [Centre County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loveville ...

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.

  • Bordeaux
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bordeaux is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
  • Cedarbrook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedarbrook is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
  • Cloverhill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cloverhill is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverhill
  • Dog Town ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dog Town is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
  • Dry Fork ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dry Fork is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
  • Edenwold
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edenwold is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenwold
  • Haysboro
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Haysboro is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysboro
  • Hermitage
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hermitage Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hermitage Hills is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
  • High Chaparral
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • High Chaparral is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Chaparral
  • Hopewell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hopewell is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Jimtown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jimtown is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Little Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Little Creek is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
    • Maplewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Maplewood is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Marvel ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Marvel is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel
      • Estimated population in 2014: 11,322 people
    • Merry Oaks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Merry Oaks is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
    • Mudtavern
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mudtavern is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudtavern
    • Panorama Harbor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Panorama Harbor is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Harbor
    • Rockland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockland is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
    • Rosebank
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Rosebank is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
    • Twin Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Valley is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
    • Union Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Union Hill is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

How Far From Loveville 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 Loveville 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 Loveville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Loveville and extending to:

  • Nashville, which is the Seat of Davidson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Loveville to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 32 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,419 miles [10,330.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,013 miles [8,067.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Loveville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Loveville 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.
<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 Loveville, 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 Loveville 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 Loveville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2398, Longitude: -86.7397       In this case, the coordinates for Loveville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.773 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.777 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.653 degrees.