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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 Taylors Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Taylors Chapel and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Taylors Chapel:
    • 35.926456, -85.168853
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Taylors Chapel
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Taylors Chapel ...

We found one communities that share the name Taylors Chapel.

There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Taylors Chapel.

Beyond Tennessee.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Fayette 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 Tennessee community of Taylors Chapel [Fayette County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Taylors Chapel ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
    • Camelot is located in Cumberland County
  • Clarktown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Claysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claysville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
    • Claysville is located in Cumberland County
  • Fairyland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairyland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairyland
    • Fairyland is located in Cumberland County
  • Foxfire
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxfire have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
    • Foxfire is located in Cumberland County
  • Hickory Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
    • Hickory Hills is located in Cumberland County
  • Hide-A-Way Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hide-A-Way Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Hills
    • Hide-A-Way Hills is located in Cumberland County
  • Holiday Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
    • Holiday Hills is located in Cumberland County
  • Howard Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
    • Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
  • Livesay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livesay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livesay
    • Livesay is located in Cumberland County
  • Neverfail ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neverfail have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverfail
    • Neverfail is located in Cumberland County
  • Pleasant Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Ridgedale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgedale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
      • Ridgedale is located in Cumberland County
    • Stringtown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
      • Stringtown is located in White County
    • Todd Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Todd Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town
      • Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
    • Volunteer Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volunteer Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Heights
      • Volunteer Heights is located in Cumberland County

How Far From Taylors Chapel 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 Taylors Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Taylors Chapel and extending to:

  • Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the East.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Taylors Chapel to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,370 miles [10,251.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,959 miles [7,980.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Taylors Chapel. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cumberland County: www.brockhill.org/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Taylors Chapel 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Taylors Chapel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Taylors Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9265, Longitude: -85.1689       In this case, the coordinates for Taylors Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Taylors Chapel to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.798 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.611 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.064 degrees.









 

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