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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 Royal Court, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Royal Court 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 Royal Court:
    • 35.876454, -86.482215
    • 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 Royal Court
  • 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 Royal Court is near Williamson County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson 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 Royal Court

Communities Also Named Royal Court ...

We found two communities that are also named Royal Court.

Within Tennessee, the name Royal Court is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Royal Court is located in Cook County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<1> to the north of the Royal Court that is located in Rutherford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Royal Court.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • 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 Royal Court [Fairfax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Royal Court ...

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.

  • Colonial Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Cooks Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cooks Corner is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
  • Creekside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Creekside is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
  • Florence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Florence is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Foxridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Foxridge is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxridge
  • Georgetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Georgetown is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Glaze
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Glaze is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze
  • Green Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Meadows is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Henry Lane
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Henry Lane is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Lane
  • Hickory Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Indian Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Indian Springs is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Joneswood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Joneswood is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joneswood
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Joywood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Joywood is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joywood
    • Lamb
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Lamb is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
    • Little Hope
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Little Hope is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
    • Marathon Trail
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Marathon Trail is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon Trail
    • Meadow Lane
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Meadow Lane is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
    • Overall
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Overall is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
    • Quail Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Riverbend
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Riverbend is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Shadowbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shadowbrook is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
    • Stonebrook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Stonebrook is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
    • Sunnyside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Sunnyside is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Royal Court and extending to:

  • Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Royal Court to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • 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 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,018 miles [8,075.7 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 from Point A (ie- Royal Court) 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 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 Royal Court 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 Royal Court 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 Royal Court. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8765, Longitude: -86.4822       In this case, the coordinates for Royal Court have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.60 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.527 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.63 degrees.