Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Old Hickory, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Hickory and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Old Hickory
- 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 Old Hickory:
- 36.259810, -86.647753
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Old Hickory
- 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 Davidson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Davidson County
- Since Old Hickory is near Sumner County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sumner County
- eBird sighting report for Wilson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Old Hickory ...
We found three communities that share the name Old Hickory.
Within Tennessee, the name Old Hickory is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Conway County
- This Old Hickory is located in Conway County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the west of the Old Hickory that is located in Davidson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conway County community of Old Hickory.
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Old Hickory is located in Calvert County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Old Hickory that is located in Davidson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Old Hickory.
- Mississippi
- Simpson 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 Old Hickory [Simpson County].
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Hickory ...
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.
- Cedarbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
- Cedarbrook is located in Sumner County
- Cherokee Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Woods
- Cherokee Woods is located in Sumner County
- Edenwold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Greenlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Harbor View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Harbor View is located in Wilson County
- Haysboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Hermitage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Hermitage is located in Davidson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermitage <4>
- Hermitage Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermitage Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
- Hermitage Hills is located in Davidson County
- High Chaparral
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Chaparral have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Chaparral
- High Chaparral is located in Sumner County
- Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Indian Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Forest
- Indian Forest is located in Sumner County
- Indian Lake Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Lake Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake Farms
- Indian Lake Farms is located in Wilson County
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- Indian Lake Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Lake Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake Forest
- Indian Lake Forest is located in Sumner County
- Marvel ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Meadowvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowvale
- Meadowvale is located in Sumner County
- Panorama Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panorama Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Harbor
- Panorama Harbor is located in Sumner County
- Rockland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Rosewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Twin Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley
- Twin Valley is located in Sumner County
- Woodlake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Indian Lake Forest
How Far From Old Hickory to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Old Hickory to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Old Hickory and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Davidson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Hickory to Nashville, with an average speed<5> 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 556 miles [894.8 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,133 miles [11,479.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Old Hickory. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Old Hickory) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Hickory. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2598, Longitude: -86.6478 |
| <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 Old Hickory 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Old Hickory to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.717 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.715 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.608 degrees. |