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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 Walnut Shade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walnut Shade 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 Walnut Shade:
- 36.574293, -85.830043
- 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 Walnut Shade
- 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Walnut Shade is near Clay County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Walnut Shade
Communities Also Named Walnut Shade ...
We found one communities that are also named Walnut Shade.
Within Tennessee, the name Walnut Shade is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Walnut Shade in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Taney County
- This Walnut Shade is located in Taney County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the west of the Walnut Shade that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taney County community of Walnut Shade.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walnut Shade ...
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.
- Bugtussle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bugtussle is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bugtussle
- Cherry Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Crossroads
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Hermitage Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jenkins Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Leonard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leonard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Miles Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Miles Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossroads
- Pumpkintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pumpkintown is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
- Red Boiling Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sunrise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunrise is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
How Far From Walnut Shade 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 Walnut Shade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walnut Shade and extending to:
- Lafayette, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Walnut Shade to Lafayette, 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 59 miles [95 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 506 miles [814.3 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 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,959 miles [7,980.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Walnut Shade) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Walnut Shade 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 Walnut Shade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5743, Longitude: -85.8300 In this case, the coordinates for Walnut Shade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.221 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.189 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.179 degrees. |
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