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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 Ruppe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ruppe 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 Ruppe:
- 36.040908, -84.633273
- 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 Ruppe
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Ruppe is near Roane County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Ruppe
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ruppe ...
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.
- Crookedfork ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crookedfork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookedfork
- Flat Rock Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock Ford is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Ford
- Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Howard Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howard Mill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Mill
- Islandford ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Islandford is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islandford
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Nemo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Pine Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Orchard is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
- Rogers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Wartburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whetstone ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whetstone is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
How Far From Ruppe 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 Ruppe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Ruppe once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Ruppe and extending to:
- Wartburg, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Ruppe to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 460 miles [740.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,343 miles [10,208.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,055 miles [11,353.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,931 miles [7,935.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ruppe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Ruppe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Ruppe 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 Ruppe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0409, Longitude: -84.6333 In this case, the coordinates for Ruppe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.476 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.257 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.81 degrees. |
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