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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 Peartree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peartree 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 Peartree:
- 36.525048, -87.294729
- 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 Peartree
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Peartree is near Cheatham County and also Christian County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cheatham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian 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 Peartree
Communities Also Named Peartree ...
We found one communities that are also named Peartree.
Within Tennessee, the name Peartree is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Peartree in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Breathitt County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Peartree [Breathitt County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peartree ...
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.
- Eastern Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eastern Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Hills
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Grasslands
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grasslands is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasslands
- River Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- River Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
- Rotary Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rotary Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotary Hills
- Rudolphtown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rudolphtown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolphtown
- Shady Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shady Bluff is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bluff
- Swan Lake Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Willow Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Willow Bend is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
How Far From Peartree 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 Peartree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Peartree and extending to:
- Clarksville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Peartree to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 583 miles [938.2 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 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,149 miles [11,505.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Peartree 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Peartree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Peartree 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 Peartree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5250, Longitude: -87.2947 In this case, the coordinates for Peartree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.13 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.227 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.825 degrees. |
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