Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wills Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wills Chapel and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wills Chapel

• 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 Wills Chapel:
  • 35.942563, -87.716133
  • 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 Wills Chapel

• 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 Humphreys County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys County
  • Since Wills Chapel is near Hickman County and also Dickson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickson 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 Wills Chapel

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wills Chapel ...

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.

• Bold Spring
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bold Spring is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Spring
• Bucksnort
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bucksnort is located in Hickman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort
• Buffalo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
• Cedar Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Furnace
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Furnace is located in Hickman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
• Grandmother Ford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
  • Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
• Hurricane Mills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hurricane Mills is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Mills
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurricane Mills <1>
• Milltown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Milltown is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
• Only
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Only is located in Hickman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Only
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Only <1>
• Poplar Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Poplar Grove is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
• Spot
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Spot is located in Hickman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spot
• Water Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Water Valley is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley

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

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

• Waverly, which is the Seat of Humphreys County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wills Chapel to Waverly, 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 54 miles [86.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 619 miles [996.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,193 miles [11,576 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,068 miles [8,156.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'