Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Venable Spring:
  • 35.607570, -86.782221
  • 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 Venable Spring

• 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
  • Since Venable Spring is near Maury County and also Williamson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Maury County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson 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 Venable Spring

Curious and Interesting Names Near Venable Spring ...

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.

• Bear Wallow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bear Wallow is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wallow
• Berlin
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Berlin is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
• Chapel Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapel Hill <1>
• Clay Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clay Hill is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
• Laws Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
• Lees Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lees Corner is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Corner
• Lively
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lively is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lively
• Milltown
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Milltown is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
• Pottsville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pottsville is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
• Rally Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rally Hill is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
• Rich Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rich Creek is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
• Thick
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Thick is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thick

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Venable Spring and extending to:

• Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Venable Spring to Lewisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 38 miles [61.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 581 miles [935 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,451 miles [10,381.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,168 miles [11,535.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,043 miles [8,115.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'