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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 Stone Bridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stone Bridge 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 Stone Bridge:
- 36.254501, -85.872207
- 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 Stone Bridge
- 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 Smith County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
- Since Stone Bridge is near Jackson County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Stone Bridge
Communities Also Named Stone Bridge ...
We found four communities that are also named Stone Bridge.
Within Tennessee, the name Stone Bridge is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Stone Bridge [Orange County].
- South Dakota
- Hamlin County
- This Stone Bridge is located in Hamlin County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Stone Bridge that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamlin County community of Stone Bridge.
- Virginia
- Chesapeake City
- This Stone Bridge is located in Chesapeake City and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<2> to the east of the Stone Bridge that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Stone Bridge.
- Clarke County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Stone Bridge [Clarke County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stone Bridge ...
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.
- Bluff Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
- Carthage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Mound
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Mound is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Mound
- Club Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Club Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club Springs
- Defeated
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Defeated is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defeated
- Difficult
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Difficult is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
- Edgefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Edgefield is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Gordonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Stonewall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stonewall is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Tanglewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tanglewood is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Stone Bridge to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stone Bridge 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<4> community of Stone Bridge once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Stone Bridge and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Smith County, lies just to the West.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Stone Bridge to Nashville, with an average speed<5> 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 516 miles [830.4 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,383 miles [10,272.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,100 miles [11,426.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,975 miles [8,006.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Stone Bridge 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stone Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Stone Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Stone Bridge 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 Stone Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2545, Longitude: -85.8722 In this case, the coordinates for Stone Bridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.238 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.163 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.278 degrees. |
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