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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 Monoville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monoville 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 Monoville:
- 36.303587, -85.975679
- 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 Monoville
- 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 Smith County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
- Since Monoville is near Trousdale County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trousdale County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Monoville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monoville ...
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.
- Bluff Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bluff Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
- Carthage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Defeated
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Difficult
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edgefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edgefield is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Graveltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graveltown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graveltown
- Johntown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Macey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Macey is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Pleasant Shade
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rock City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Rome Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rome Ferry is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome Ferry
- Stone Bridge ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Bridge is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bridge
- Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tanglewood is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Monoville 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 Monoville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Monoville and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Smith County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Monoville to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 520 miles [836.9 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,385 miles [10,275.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,102 miles [11,429.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,977 miles [8,009.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Monoville) 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 Monoville 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 Monoville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3036, Longitude: -85.9757 In this case, the coordinates for Monoville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.303 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.245 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.31 degrees. |
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