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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 Willow Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willow Bend and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Willow Bend:
    • 36.533381, -87.326952
    • 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 Willow Bend
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Willow Bend is near Christian County and also Todd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Todd 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 Willow Bend

Communities Also Named Willow Bend ...

We found seven communities that are also named Willow Bend.

Within Tennessee, the name Willow Bend is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Coffee County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Willow Bend that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Willow Bend.
      • Madison County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Madison County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the south southeast of the Willow Bend that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Willow Bend.
    • Georgia
      • Clayton County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Clayton County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Willow Bend that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Willow Bend.
      • Muscogee County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Muscogee County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km] to the south southeast of the Willow Bend that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Willow Bend.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Henderson County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Willow Bend that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Willow Bend.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Willow Bend is located in Harris County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Willow Bend that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Willow Bend.
    • West Virginia
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Willow Bend [Monroe County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Willow Bend ...

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.

  • Cedarbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
  • Clarksville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Eastern Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Eastern Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Hills
  • Endsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Endsville is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endsville
  • Georgetown
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Georgetown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Grasslands
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Grasslands is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasslands
  • Greenland Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenland Farms is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Farms
  • Kingsbury
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Kingsbury is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
  • Maplewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Maplewood is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Meadow Lane
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Lane is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
  • River Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • River Run is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
  • Rudolphtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rudolphtown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolphtown
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Seven Mile Ferry
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Seven Mile Ferry is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ferry
    • Shady Bluff
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Shady Bluff is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bluff
    • Spring Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Spring Valley is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Swan Lake Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Willow Bend and extending to:

  • Clarksville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Willow Bend to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,025 miles [8,087 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Willow Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Willow Bend 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Willow Bend 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 Willow Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5334, Longitude: -87.3270       In this case, the coordinates for Willow Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.15 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.252 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.837 degrees.