Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Old Winesap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Winesap and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Old Winesap

• 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 Winesap:
  • 35.790345, -85.165240
  • 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 Old Winesap

• 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 Old Winesap is near Bledsoe County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bledsoe County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for White 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 Old Winesap

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Winesap ...

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.

• Big Lick
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
• Grapevine ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Grapevine is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
• Hart ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hart is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
• Herbert Domain
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Herbert Domain is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert Domain
• Lonewood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Lonewood is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonewood
• Music ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Music is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
• New Era
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • New Era is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
• Oak Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Seals ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Seals is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals
• Todd Town
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Old Winesap and extending to:

• Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Winesap to Crossville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 494 miles [795 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,376 miles [10,261.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,965 miles [7,990.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'