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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 Nebo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Nebo 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 Nebo:
    • 35.650071, -87.165564
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mount Nebo
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Mount Nebo ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Mount Nebo.

There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Mount Nebo.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Blount County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Nebo [Blount County].
    • Lawrence County
      • This Mount Nebo is located in Lawrence County and lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Mount Nebo that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Mount Nebo.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • This Mount Nebo is located in Dallas County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the south of the Mount Nebo that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Mount Nebo.
    • Arkansas
      • Yell County
      • This Mount Nebo is located in Yell County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<2> to the west of the Mount Nebo that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yell County community of Mount Nebo.
    • Kansas
      • Miami County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Nebo [Miami County].
      • Pratt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Nebo [Pratt County].
    • Mississippi
      • Kemper County
      • This Mount Nebo is located in Kemper County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Mount Nebo that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kemper County community of Mount Nebo.
    • North Carolina
      • Yadkin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mount Nebo [Yadkin County].
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mount Nebo [Athens County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Mount Nebo is located in Allegheny County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Mount Nebo that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Mount Nebo.
      • Lancaster County
      • This Mount Nebo is located in Lancaster County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the east northeast of the Mount Nebo that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Mount Nebo.
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Mount Nebo is located in Westmoreland County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km] to the northeast of the Mount Nebo that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Mount Nebo.
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • This Mount Nebo is located in Accomack County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mount Nebo that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Mount Nebo.
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Mount Nebo is located in Chesterfield County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km] to the east northeast of the Mount Nebo that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Mount Nebo.
    • West Virginia
      • Nicholas County
      • This Mount Nebo is located in Nicholas County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mount Nebo that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Mount Nebo.
      • Preston County
      • This Mount Nebo is located in Preston County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km] to the northeast of the Mount Nebo that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Mount Nebo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Nebo ...

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.

  • Bookers Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bookers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookers Ferry
    • Bookers Ferry is located in Maury County
  • Cartersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cartersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
    • Cartersville is located in Maury County
  • Chapel Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chapel Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
    • Chapel Hill is located in Maury County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,461 people
  • Chartersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chartersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartersville
    • Chartersville is located in Maury County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,494 people
  • Dukes Store ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dukes Store have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Store
    • Dukes Store is located in Maury County
  • Field Crest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Field Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crest
    • Field Crest is located in Maury County
  • Greenfield Bend
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
    • Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
  • Idlewild
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idlewild have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
    • Idlewild is located in Maury County
  • Lovetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovetown
    • Lovetown is located in Maury County
  • Pleasant Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
    • Pleasant Hills is located in Maury County
  • Poplar Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
    • Poplar Creek is located in Maury County
  • Poplar Top
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Top have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Top
    • Poplar Top is located in Maury County
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rolling Fields
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fields
      • Rolling Fields is located in Maury County
    • Royal Oaks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
      • Royal Oaks is located in Maury County
    • Sawdust
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawdust have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
      • Sawdust is located in Maury County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
    • Water Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
      • Water Valley is located in Maury County
    • Zion
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
      • Zion is located in Maury County

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

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

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Mount Nebo to Nashville, with an average speed<6> 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 just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 599 miles [964 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 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,464 miles [10,402.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,182 miles [11,558.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,057 miles [8,138.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Nebo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mount Nebo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Nebo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Nebo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6501, Longitude: -87.1656       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Nebo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Nebo 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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Nebo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.012 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.971 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.974 degrees.




 

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