Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in R T Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to R T Estates and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for R T Estates

• 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 R T Estates:
  • 35.734234, -86.409715
  • 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 R T Estates

• 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
  • Since R T Estates is near Bedford County and also Coffee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee 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 R T Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near R T Estates ...

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.

• Christiana
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Christiana is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christiana <1>
• Crescent
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Crescent is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
• Dixieland
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Dixieland is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixieland
• Fosterville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Fosterville is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
• Gum
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Gum is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum
• Joyceland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Joyceland is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyceland
• Link
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Link is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
• Overall
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Overall is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
• Plainview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Plainview is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
• Short Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Short Creek is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
• Steeplechase Meadows
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Steeplechase Meadows is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase Meadows
• Stonebrook
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Stonebrook is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
• Twin Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Twin Springs is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs

How Far From R T Estates 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 R T Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in R T Estates and extending to:

• Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies just to the North.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from R T Estates to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 558 miles [898 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,146 miles [11,500.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,021 miles [8,080.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'