Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Vandever:
  • 35.830901, -85.091903
  • 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 Vandever

• 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
  • Since Vandever is near Bledsoe County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bledsoe County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for White 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 Vandever

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vandever ...

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.

• Big Lick
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
• Fairyland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Fairyland is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairyland
• Foxfire
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Foxfire is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
• Grapevine ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Grapevine is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
• Hide-A-Way Hills
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hide-A-Way Hills is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Hills
• Livesay
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Livesay is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livesay
• Music ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Music is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
• New Era
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • New Era is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
• Oak Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Old Winesap
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Winesap is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Winesap
• Russell Shack Ridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Russell Shack Ridge is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Shack Ridge
• Seals ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Seals is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals
• Volunteer Heights
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Volunteer Heights is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Heights
• Wild Plum
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wild Plum is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Plum

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

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

• Crossville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Vandever to Nashville, with an average speed<2>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 three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 489 miles [787 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,960 miles [7,982.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'