Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Melvine:
  • 35.732846, -85.058011
  • 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 Melvine

• 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 Bledsoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bledsoe County
  • Since Melvine is near Cumberland County and also Rhea County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rhea 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 Melvine

Curious and Interesting Names Near Melvine ...

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.

• Big Lick
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
• Cold Spring
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cold Spring is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
• Grapevine ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Grapevine is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
• Luminary
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Luminary is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luminary
• Music ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Music is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
• New Era
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • New Era is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
• Oak Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Oak Grove is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Old Winesap
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Winesap is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Winesap
• Rainy ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rainy is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy
• Seals ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Seals is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals

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

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

• Pikeville, which is the Seat of Bledsoe County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Melvine to Pikeville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 491 miles [790.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,087 miles [11,405.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,963 miles [7,987.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'