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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 Moreland Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moreland 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 Moreland Farms:
- 36.192555, -86.521939
- 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 Moreland 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 Wilson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
- Since Moreland Farms is near Davidson County and also Sumner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner 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 Moreland Farms
Communities Also Named Moreland Farms ...
We found one communities that are also named Moreland Farms.
Within Tennessee, the name Moreland Farms is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Moreland Farms in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Moreland Farms [Montgomery County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moreland 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.
- Centralville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centralville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralville
- Clearview
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clearview is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Denny Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Denny Hills is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Hills
- Green Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Hillview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hillview is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Hunters Store
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hunters Store is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Store
- Lynn Christie
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie
- Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
- Mount Juliet
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasant Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Settlers Knob
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Settlers Knob is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Knob
- Silver Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Silver Springs is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Tulip Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tulip Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip Grove
How Far From Moreland Farms 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 Moreland Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Moreland Farms and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Wilson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Moreland Farms to Lebanon, with an average speed<4> 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 14 miles [22.5 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,131 miles [11,476.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,006 miles [8,056.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Moreland Farms 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Moreland Farms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Moreland 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 Moreland Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1926, Longitude: -86.5219 In this case, the coordinates for Moreland Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.637 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.613 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.571 degrees. |
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