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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 Sterling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Sterling 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 Sterling:
    • 35.888121, -85.801651
    • 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 Sterling
  • 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Since Mount Sterling is near Warren County and also Cannon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cannon 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 Sterling

Communities Also Named Mount Sterling ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Mount Sterling.

Within Tennessee, the name Mount Sterling is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Choctaw County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Choctaw County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Illinois
      • Brown County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Brown County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Indiana
      • Switzerland County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Switzerland County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the north of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Switzerland County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Iowa
      • Van Buren County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Van Buren County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon 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 Kansas community of Mount Sterling [Bourbon County].
    • Kentucky
      • Montgomery County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Montgomery County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Missouri
      • Gasconade County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gasconade County community of Mount Sterling.
    • North Carolina
      • Haywood County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the east of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Ohio
      • Madison County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Madison County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Mount Sterling.
      • Muskingum County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Muskingum County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km] to the north northeast of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Fayette County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Utah
      • Cache County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Cache County and lies 1,455 miles [2,341.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cache County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Wisconsin
      • Crawford County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mount Sterling that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Mount Sterling.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Sterling ...

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.

  • Cross Roads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Roads is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Drop ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Drop is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
  • Flatwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Flatwood is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
  • Green Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Green Hill is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Greens Crossroad
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Greens Crossroad is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossroad
  • Half Acre
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Half Acre is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
  • Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls
  • Lucky
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lucky is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
  • Mount Ararat
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mount Ararat is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ararat
  • Pin Hook Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pin Hook Ferry is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook Ferry
  • Pinhook ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pinhook is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
  • Snows Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Snows Hill is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Hill
  • Young Bend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Young Bend is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Bend
    • Estimated population in 2014: 279 people
  • Youngblood ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Youngblood is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Mount Sterling once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Sterling and extending to:

  • Smithville, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the North.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Mount Sterling to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 523 miles [841.7 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,113 miles [11,447.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,988 miles [8,027.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Sterling) 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 Sterling 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>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 Sterling, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Sterling 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 Sterling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8881, Longitude: -85.8017       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Sterling have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.183 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.048 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.339 degrees.