Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pardue, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pardue and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pardue
- 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 Pardue:
- 36.303387, -87.154171
- 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 Pardue
- 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 Dickson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dickson County
- Since Pardue is near Cheatham County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cheatham County
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pardue ...
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.
- Bearwallow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
- Betsystown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Betsystown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betsystown
- Betsystown is located in Dickson County
- Cheap Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheap Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Dull
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Fox Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Griffintown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Griffintown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffintown
- Griffintown is located in Cheatham County
- Henrietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Knights Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knights Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Ferry
- Knights Ferry is located in Cheatham County
- Marrowbone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marrowbone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County
- Neptune
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Nosegay ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pleasant View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Cheatham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,055 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant View <3>
- Rest ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Rock Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Dickson County
- Sulphur Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs is located in Cheatham County
- Pleasant View
How Far From Pardue 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 community such as Pardue to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Pardue once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Pardue and extending to:
- Charlotte, which is the Seat of Dickson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<5> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pardue to Charlotte, with an average speed<6> 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 23 miles [37 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 581 miles [935 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 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,028 miles [8,091.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pardue, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pardue) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pardue. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3034, Longitude: -87.1542 In this case, the coordinates for Pardue have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Pardue to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.033 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.085 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.816 degrees. |