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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 South Tunnel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Tunnel 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 South Tunnel:
- 36.480805, -86.467971
- 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 South Tunnel
- 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 Sumner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner County
- Since South Tunnel is near Robertson County and also Simpson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Robertson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson 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 South Tunnel
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Tunnel ...
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.
- Chestnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Chestnut Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Cottontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Graball
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Graball is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Hall Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hall Town is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
- Kansas
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kansas is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Phosphate ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Phosphate is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phosphate
- Pipers Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pipers Chapel is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Chapel
- Rival ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rival is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rival
- Rock Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sideview ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sideview is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sideview
How Far From South Tunnel 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 South Tunnel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Tunnel and extending to:
- Gallatin, which is the Seat of Sumner County, lies just to the South.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from South Tunnel 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 just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 541 miles [870.7 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 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,116 miles [11,452.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,991 miles [8,032.2 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Tunnel) 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 South Tunnel 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 South Tunnel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4808, Longitude: -86.4680 In this case, the coordinates for South Tunnel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.613 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.627 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.477 degrees. |
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