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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 Verble, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Verble 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 Verble:
    • 36.108397, -85.309970
    • 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 Verble
  • 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
    • Since Verble is near White County and also Overton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for White County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Overton 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 Verble

Communities Also Named Verble ...

We found one communities that are also named Verble.

Within Tennessee, the name Verble is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Rowan 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 North Carolina community of Verble [Rowan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Verble ...

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.

  • Board Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Board Valley is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Board Valley
  • Cedar Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Spring is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Spring
  • Dug Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dug Hill is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Hill
  • Foot ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Foot is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foot
  • Mineral Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Mountain Meadows
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain Meadows is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
  • Pinhook
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pinhook is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
  • Poplar Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Poplar Grove is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
  • Rocky Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocky Point is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Sand Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sand Springs is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
  • Shady Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Shady Grove is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Standingstone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Standingstone is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standingstone

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

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

  • Cookeville, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Verble to Cookeville, with an average speed<3> 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the west (W). 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 492 miles [791.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,957 miles [7,977.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Verble 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Verble) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Verble 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 Verble. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1084, Longitude: -85.3100       In this case, the coordinates for Verble have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.889 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.741 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.076 degrees.