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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 Shearin Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shearin Ford 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 Shearin Ford:
- 35.575348, -86.633330
- 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 Shearin Ford
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Shearin Ford is near Marshall County and also Rutherford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford 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 Shearin Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shearin Ford ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chapel Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clay Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
- Halls Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mill
- Laws Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Rich Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rich Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Tucker Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tucker Ford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Ford
- Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wheel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wheel is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel
How Far From Shearin Ford 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 Shearin Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shearin Ford and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Shearin Ford to Shelbyville, with an average speed<3> 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 41 miles [66 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 574 miles [923.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving 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 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,162 miles [11,526.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,038 miles [8,107.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shearin Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Shearin Ford 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 Shearin Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5753, Longitude: -86.6333 In this case, the coordinates for Shearin Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.681 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.578 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.766 degrees. |
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