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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 Music, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Music 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 Music:
    • 35.776457, -85.063290
    • 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 Music
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Music is near Bledsoe County and also Rhea County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bledsoe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rhea 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 Music

Communities Also Named Music ...

We found one communities that are also named Music.

Within Tennessee, the name Music is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Music in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Carter County
      • This Music is located in Carter County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Music that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Music.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Music ...

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.

  • Big Lick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
  • Grapevine ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Grapevine is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
  • Luminary
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Luminary is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luminary
  • New Era
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • New Era is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
  • Oak Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Old Winesap
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Old Winesap is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Winesap
  • Rainy ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rainy is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy
  • Seals ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Seals is located in Bledsoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals

How Far From Music to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Music 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<2> community of Music once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Music and extending to:

  • Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Music to Crossville, with an average speed<3> 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 99 miles [159.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 490 miles [788.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,085 miles [11,402.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,961 miles [7,984 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Music) 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 Music, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>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 Music 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 Music. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7765, Longitude: -85.0633       In this case, the coordinates for Music have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.729 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.511 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.058 degrees.