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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 Moores Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moores Chapel 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 Moores Chapel:
- 35.942290, -88.850340
- 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 Moores Chapel
- 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 Gibson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson County
- Since Moores Chapel is near Carroll County and also Crockett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crockett 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 Moores Chapel
Communities Also Named Moores Chapel ...
We found two communities that are also named Moores Chapel.
Within Tennessee, the name Moores Chapel is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Johnston County
- This Moores Chapel is located in Johnston County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the east of the Moores Chapel that is located in Gibson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Moores Chapel.
- Texas
- Fannin 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 Texas community of Moores Chapel [Fannin County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moores Chapel ...
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.
- Edison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edison is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Fruitland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Graball
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graball is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
- Hughes Loop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hughes Loop is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Loop
- Humboldt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Idlewild
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Idlewild is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Laneview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laneview is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneview
- Mount Orange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Orange is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Orange
- New Enterprise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Tuckers Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tuckers Corner is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Corner
- Union Central
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Central is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
How Far From Moores Chapel 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 Moores Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Moores Chapel and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the Seat of Gibson County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Moores Chapel to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,517 miles [10,488.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,241 miles [11,653.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,116 miles [8,233.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moores Chapel) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Moores Chapel 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Moores Chapel 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 Moores Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9423, Longitude: -88.8503 In this case, the coordinates for Moores Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.08 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.242 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.635 degrees. |
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