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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 Nolensville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nolensville 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 Nolensville:
- 35.952186, -86.669377
- 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 Nolensville
- 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 Williamson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
- Since Nolensville is near Rutherford County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson 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 Nolensville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nolensville ...
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.
- Carpenters ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carpenters is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters
- Creekside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Creekside is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Crockett Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crockett Cove is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Cove
- Crockett Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crockett Hills is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Hills
- Crockett Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crockett Springs is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Springs
- Foxland Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Foxland Forest is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxland Forest
- Hickory Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hooker Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hooker Hills is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Hills
- Indian Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Point is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Neal Circle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Neal Circle is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Circle
- Owl Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Owl Creek is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Creek
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rocksprings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocksprings is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksprings
- Rocky Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rocky Fork is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Stevens Shop ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stevens Shop is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Shop
- Stonebrook
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stonebrook is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
- Trinity
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Walnut Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Ridge is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
How Far From Nolensville 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 town such as Nolensville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Nolensville and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Williamson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Nolensville to Franklin, with an average speed<2> 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 15 miles [24.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 565 miles [909.3 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 33 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,147 miles [11,502 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,023 miles [8,083.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nolensville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Nolensville 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 Nolensville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9522, Longitude: -86.6694 In this case, the coordinates for Nolensville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.719 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.674 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.692 degrees. |
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