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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 McNeil Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McNeil Farms 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 McNeil Farms:
- 35.842010, -86.527215
- 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 McNeil Farms
- 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since McNeil Farms is near Williamson County and also Bedford 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 Bedford 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 McNeil Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near McNeil Farms ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Creekside
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Creekside is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Florence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Florence is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Foxland Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Foxland Forest is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxland Forest
- Foxridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Foxridge is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxridge
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Glaze
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glaze is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze
- Green Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Meadows is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Hickory Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hickory Hills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Joyceland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Joyceland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyceland
- Joywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Joywood is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joywood
- Little Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Little Hope is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Marathon Trail
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marathon Trail is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon Trail
- Meadow Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Meadow Lane is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
- Neal Circle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Neal Circle is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Circle
- Overall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Overall is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Quail Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Riverbend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverbend is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Rockvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Fork is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Royal Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Court is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Court
- Shadowbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shadowbrook is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
- Stonebrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stonebrook is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
- Sunnyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From McNeil Farms 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 McNeil Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McNeil Farms and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies just to the East.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from McNeil Farms to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 561 miles [902.8 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,146 miles [11,500.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,021 miles [8,080.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McNeil Farms) 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 McNeil Farms 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 McNeil Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8420, Longitude: -86.5272 In this case, the coordinates for McNeil Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.627 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.553 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.658 degrees. |
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