Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in North Crossville Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Crossville Addition and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for North Crossville Addition

• 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 North Crossville Addition:
  • 36.033401, -85.033291
  • 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 North Crossville Addition

• 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 North Crossville Addition is near Putnam County and also Fentress County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fentress 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 North Crossville Addition

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Crossville Addition ...

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.

• Camelot
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Camelot is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
• Cherry Branch
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherry Branch is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Branch
• Crossville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Crossville is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,899 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crossville <1>
• Drowning Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Drowning Creek is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drowning Creek
• Hide-A-Way Hills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hide-A-Way Hills is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Hills
• Hillcrest
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hillcrest is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Holiday Hills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Holiday Hills is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
• Howard Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
• Meadowview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Meadowview is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
• Plateau
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Plateau is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
• Slate Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Slate Springs is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs
• Volunteer Heights
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Volunteer Heights is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Heights
• Woodlawn
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Woodlawn is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
• Woody
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Woody is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody

How Far From North Crossville Addition 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 North Crossville Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Crossville Addition and extending to:

• Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the South.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from North Crossville Addition to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 480 miles [772.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,073 miles [11,382.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,948 miles [7,963 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'