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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 Mount Joy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Joy and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mount Joy:
    • 35.524797, -87.261400
    • 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 Mount Joy
  • 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 Maury County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Maury County
    • Since Mount Joy is near Lewis County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Mount Joy

Communities Also Named Mount Joy ...

We found ten communities that are also named Mount Joy.

Within Tennessee, the name Mount Joy is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Sussex County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount Joy that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Mount Joy.
    • Iowa
      • Scott County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Scott County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mount Joy that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Mount Joy.
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Hunterdon County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount Joy that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Mount Joy.
    • Ohio
      • Scioto County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Scioto County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Joy that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Mount Joy.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Mount Joy.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Clearfield County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Joy that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Mount Joy.
      • Lancaster County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Lancaster County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km] to the east northeast of the Mount Joy that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Mount Joy.
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km] to the northeast of the Mount Joy that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Mount Joy.
    • South Carolina
      • Union 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 South Carolina community of Mount Joy [Union County].
    • Texas
      • Delta County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Delta County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Joy that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Mount Joy.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Joy ...

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.

  • Arrow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Arrow is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow
  • Carpenters ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Carpenters is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters
  • Enterprise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Enterprise is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Mount Pleasant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Needmore
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Needmore is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Porters
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Porters is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
  • Red Row
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Red Row is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Row
  • Rockdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Rockdale is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Sandy Hook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Hook is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
  • Summertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Joy and extending to:

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Joy to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 608 miles [978.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,192 miles [11,574.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,067 miles [8,154.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Joy) 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 Mount Joy 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 Mount Joy 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 Mount Joy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5248, Longitude: -87.2614       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Joy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.066 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.015 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.044 degrees.