Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Shelbyville Mills

• 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 Shelbyville Mills:
  • 35.472017, -86.488327
  • 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 Shelbyville Mills

• 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 Shelbyville Mills is near Moore County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Moore County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Shelbyville Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shelbyville Mills ...

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.

• Bottle Hollow
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bottle Hollow is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bottle Hollow
• Branchville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Branchville is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
• Chestnut Ridge
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Chestnut Ridge is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
• Cow Ford
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cow Ford is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Ford
• Flat Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Flat Creek is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
• Halls Mill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Halls Mill is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mill
• Hilltop
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hilltop is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
• Hix Mill Ford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hix Mill Ford is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix Mill Ford
• Pleasant Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Temple Ford
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Temple Ford is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Ford
• Wheel
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Wheel is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Shelbyville Mills and extending to:

• Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Shelbyville Mills to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 570 miles [917.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,161 miles [11,524.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,036 miles [8,104.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'