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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 Noah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Noah 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 Noah:
    • 35.575074, -86.191936
    • 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 Noah
  • 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
    • Since Noah is near Bedford County and also Cannon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Noah

Communities Also Named Noah ...

We found ten communities that are also named Noah.

Within Tennessee, the name Noah is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee County
      • This Noah is located in Cherokee County and lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Noah that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Noah.
    • Arizona
      • Yuma County
      • This Noah is located in Yuma County and lies 1,597 miles [2,570.1 km]<1> to the west of the Noah that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuma County community of Noah.
    • Arkansas
      • Newton 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 Arkansas community of Noah [Newton County].
    • Georgia
      • Jefferson County
      • This Noah is located in Jefferson County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Noah that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Noah.
    • Indiana
      • Shelby 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 Indiana community of Noah [Shelby County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lewis 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 Kentucky community of Noah [Lewis County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lafayette 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 Mississippi community of Noah [Lafayette County].
    • Missouri
      • Henry 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 Missouri community of Noah [Henry County].
    • Texas
      • Upshur 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 Texas community of Noah [Upshur County].
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha 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 West Virginia community of Noah [Kanawha County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Noah ...

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.

  • Busy Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
  • Fudgearound
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Fudgearound is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fudgearound
  • Gnat Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gnat Hill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnat Hill
  • Hollow Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
    • Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
  • Holly ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Holly is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
  • Hoodoo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hoodoo is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodoo
  • Lewis Store
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lewis Store is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Store
  • Union Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Ridge is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
  • Walkersville ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Walkersville is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
  • Webbs Jungle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Webbs Jungle is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbs Jungle

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Noah and extending to:

  • Manchester, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Noah to Nashville, with an average speed<3> 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 552 miles [888.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,019 miles [8,077.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Noah) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Noah 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 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 Noah 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 Noah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5751, Longitude: -86.1919       In this case, the coordinates for Noah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.41 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.266 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.58 degrees.