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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 Valley Home, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley Home 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 Valley Home:
    • 35.280636, -85.861088
    • 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 Valley Home
  • 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 Grundy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy County
    • Since Valley Home is near Marion County and also Coffee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee 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 Valley Home

Communities Also Named Valley Home ...

We found one communities that are also named Valley Home.

Within Tennessee, the name Valley Home is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Valley Home in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Stanislaus County
      • This Valley Home is located in Stanislaus County and lies 1,940 miles [3,122.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Valley Home that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanislaus County community of Valley Home.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley Home ...

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.

  • Bobtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bobtown is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown
  • Clifftops
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Clifftops is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftops
  • Elkhead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Elkhead is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhead
  • Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
  • Greens View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greens View is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens View
  • Hobbs Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hobbs Hill is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Hill
  • Oak Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Oak Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Prairie Plains
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Prairie Plains is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Plains
  • Providence
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Providence is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Ruthledge Ford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
  • Ruthledge Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ruthledge Hill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Hill
  • Sand Switch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
  • Sanders Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sanders Crossing is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Crossing
  • Shady Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Shady Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove

How Far From Valley Home 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 Valley Home to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valley Home and extending to:

  • Altamont, which is the Seat of Grundy County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Valley Home to Altamont, with an average speed<2> 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 546 miles [878.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,142 miles [11,493.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Valley Home) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Valley Home 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 Valley Home. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2806, Longitude: -85.8611       In this case, the coordinates for Valley Home have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.197 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.979 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.512 degrees.