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 Walker Ford:
35.481456, -85.280796
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 Walker Ford
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 Bledsoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Walker Ford.
There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Walker Ford.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Tennessee ...
Claiborne County
This Walker Ford is located in Claiborne County and lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Walker Ford that is located in Bledsoe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Walker Ford.
Greene County
This Walker Ford is located in Greene County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Walker Ford that is located in Bledsoe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Walker Ford.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Irwin County
This Walker Ford is located in Irwin County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Walker Ford that is located in Bledsoe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Irwin County community of Walker Ford.
Illinois
Coles County
This Walker Ford is located in Coles County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Walker Ford that is located in Bledsoe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coles County community of Walker Ford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walker Ford ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Walker Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walker Ford and extending to:
Pikeville, which is the Seat of Bledsoe County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Walker Ford to Pikeville, 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 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 510 miles [820.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,108 miles [11,439.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,983 miles [8,019.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Walker Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Walker Ford 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 Walker Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4815, Longitude: -85.2808 In this case, the coordinates for Walker Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.852 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.61 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.222 degrees.