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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 Walling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walling 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 Walling:
- 35.808123, -85.599423
- 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 Walling
- 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 White County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White County
- Since Walling is near Van Buren County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Walling
Communities Also Named Walling ...
We found one communities that are also named Walling.
Within Tennessee, the name Walling is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Walling in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Morgan 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 Alabama community of Walling [Morgan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walling ...
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.
- Bone Cave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Campaign
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campaign is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campaign
- Cedar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Center Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Center Point is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Denny Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Denny Ferry is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Ferry
- Fall City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fall City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall City
- Frank Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frank Ferry is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Ferry
- Goodbars
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Goodbars is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbars
- Gum Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gum Spring is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Spring
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Heads ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Heads is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads
- Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls
- Joppa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Rock Island
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sparkman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sparkman is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman
How Far From Walling to ...
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 Walling to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Walling and extending to:
- Sparta, which is the Seat of White County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Walling to Sparta, with an average speed<4> 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 70 miles [112.7 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 515 miles [828.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,107 miles [11,437.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,983 miles [8,019.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Walling 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Walling) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Walling 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 Walling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8081, Longitude: -85.5994 In this case, the coordinates for Walling have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.056 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.892 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.274 degrees. |
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