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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 Nickajack, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nickajack 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 Nickajack:
- 34.995912, -85.608300
- 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 Nickajack
- 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 Nickajack is near Jackson County and also Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dade 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 Nickajack
Communities Also Named Nickajack ...
We found two communities that are also named Nickajack.
Within Tennessee, the name Nickajack is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Cobb 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 Georgia community of Nickajack [Cobb County].
- Walker 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 Georgia community of Nickajack [Walker County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nickajack ...
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.
- Copenhagen ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Copenhagen is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Dixie Lee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie Lee is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Lee
- Ebenezer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Gardenhires Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gardenhires Ferry is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenhires Ferry
- Glover Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glover Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Hill
- Grahams Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grahams Ferry is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Ferry
- Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ladds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ladds is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladds
- Long Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Island is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Richard City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Richard City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- Shellmound ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shellmound is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Vulcan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vulcan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
How Far From Nickajack 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 Nickajack 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 Nickajack once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Nickajack and extending to:
- Jasper, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<4> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Nickajack to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 544 miles [875.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,019 miles [8,077.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Nickajack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Nickajack 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nickajack) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Nickajack 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 Nickajack. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9959, Longitude: -85.6083 In this case, the coordinates for Nickajack have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.032 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.75 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.476 degrees. |
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