Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Neal Circle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neal Circle and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Neal Circle

• 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 Neal Circle:
  • 35.929231, -86.548327
  • 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 Neal Circle

• 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
  • Since Neal Circle is near Davidson County and also Williamson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson 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 Neal Circle

Curious and Interesting Names Near Neal Circle ...

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.

• Cooks Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Cooks Corner is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
• Creekside
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Creekside is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
• Foxland Forest
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Foxland Forest is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxland Forest
• Green Acres
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Acres is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
• Hilltop
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hilltop is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
• Joywood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Joywood is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joywood
• Lamb
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Lamb is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
• Little Hope
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Hope is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
• Loafers Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Loafers Corner is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loafers Corner
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Marathon Trail
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Marathon Trail is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon Trail
  • Quail Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • Rocksprings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocksprings is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksprings
  • Rocky Fork
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Fork is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
  • Shadowbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Shadowbrook is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
  • Sunnyside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sunnyside is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

How Far From Neal Circle 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 Neal Circle to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Neal Circle and extending to:

• Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Neal Circle to Murfreesboro, with an average speed<2> 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 20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 560 miles [901.2 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,019 miles [8,077.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'