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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 Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain 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 Mountain:
    • 35.212575, -85.538855
    • 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 Mountain
  • 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Since Mountain is near Sequatchie County and also Grundy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sequatchie County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy 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 Mountain

Communities Also Named Mountain ...

We found nine communities that are also named Mountain.

Within Tennessee, the name Mountain is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Manitoba
      • This Mountain lies 1,409 miles [2,267.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mountain that is located in Marion County.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Mountain is located in Harford County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mountain that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Mountain.
    • Mississippi
      • George County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Mountain [George County].
    • Missouri
      • McDonald 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 Missouri community of Mountain [McDonald County].
    • North Dakota
      • Pembina County
      • This Mountain is located in Pembina County and lies 1,121 miles [1,804.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mountain that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pembina County community of Mountain.
    • Ontario
      • This Mountain lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mountain that is located in Marion County.
    • Texas
      • Coryell 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 Texas community of Mountain [Coryell County].
    • West Virginia
      • Ritchie County
      • This Mountain is located in Ritchie County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mountain that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Mountain.
    • Wisconsin
      • Oconto County
      • This Mountain is located in Oconto County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the north of the Mountain that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconto County community of Mountain.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain ...

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.

  • Cartwright
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
  • Cedar Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Springs is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
  • Ebenezer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ebenezer is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Greentown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Greentown is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
  • Halls Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Halls Ferry is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry
  • Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty is located in Sequatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Lone Oak
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Lone Oak is located in Sequatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Mineral Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Oak Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Oak Grove is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Red Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Red Hill is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Stanley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Stanley is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Suck Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Suck Creek is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suck Creek
  • Sulphur Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs

How Far From Mountain 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 Mountain 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 community of Mountain once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain and extending to:

  • Jasper, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain to Jasper, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 532 miles [856.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,419 miles [10,330.4 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Mountain 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>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 Mountain 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 Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2126, Longitude: -85.5389       In this case, the coordinates for Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.999 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.741 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.395 degrees.