Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Pipers Chapel:
  • 36.571709, -86.481661
  • 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 Pipers Chapel

• 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 Sumner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner County
  • Since Pipers Chapel is near Simpson County and also Robertson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Robertson 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 Pipers Chapel

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pipers Chapel ...

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.

• Angeltown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Angeltown is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angeltown
• Black Jack
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Jack is located in Simpson County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
• Brackentown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Brackentown is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackentown
• Chestnut Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Chestnut Grove is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
• Chestnut Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Chestnut Hill is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
• Fountain Head
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Fountain Head is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
• Graball
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Graball is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
• Hall Town
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hall Town is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
• Highland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Highland is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
• Mitchell
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mitchell is located in Robertson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
• Oak Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Pondville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pondville is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
• Rock Bridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rock Bridge is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
• Scattersville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Scattersville is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattersville

How Far From Pipers Chapel 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 Pipers Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Gallatin, which is the Seat of Sumner County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Pipers Chapel to Gallatin, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 539 miles [867.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,112 miles [11,445.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,987 miles [8,025.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'