RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Tennessee >> Montgomery County >> Rivermont >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Rivermont:
    • 36.531715, -87.281396
    • 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 Rivermont
  • 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 Rivermont is near Cheatham County and also Robertson 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 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 Rivermont

Communities Also Named Rivermont ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Rivermont.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Rivermont.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Hamilton County
      • This Rivermont is located in Hamilton County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rivermont that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Rivermont.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Colbert County
      • This Rivermont is located in Colbert County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rivermont that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Rivermont.
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Rivermont is located in Lauderdale County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the south of the Rivermont that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Rivermont.
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Rivermont is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the south of the Rivermont that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Rivermont.
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • This Rivermont is located in Floyd County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rivermont that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Rivermont.
    • North Carolina
      • Lenoir County
      • This Rivermont is located in Lenoir County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the east of the Rivermont that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Rivermont.
    • Virginia
      • Augusta County
      • This Rivermont is located in Augusta County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rivermont that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Rivermont.
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Rivermont is located in Chesterfield County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km] to the east of the Rivermont that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Rivermont.
      • Covington City
      • This Rivermont is located in Covington City and lies 410 miles [659.8 km] to the east northeast of the Rivermont that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington City community of Rivermont.
      • Lynchburg City
      • This Rivermont is located in Lynchburg City and lies 452 miles [727.4 km] to the east of the Rivermont that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Rivermont.
      • Newport News City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rivermont [Newport News City].
      • Roanoke City
      • This Rivermont is located in Roanoke City and lies 409 miles [658.2 km] to the east of the Rivermont that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Rivermont.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rivermont ...

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.

  • Cedarbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
  • Eastern Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Eastern Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Hills
  • Endsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Endsville is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endsville
  • Georgetown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Grasslands
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Grasslands is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasslands
  • Meadow Lane
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadow Lane is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
  • River Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • River Run is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
  • Rotary Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Rotary Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotary Hills
  • Rudolphtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Rudolphtown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolphtown
  • Shady Bluff
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Willow Bend is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rivermont 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 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Rivermont 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 582 miles [936.6 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<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 7,148 miles [11,503.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,023 miles [8,083.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rivermont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Rivermont 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.
<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 Rivermont 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 Rivermont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5317, Longitude: -87.2814       In this case, the coordinates for Rivermont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.122 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.219 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.817 degrees.