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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 Winstead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winstead 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 Winstead:
    • 35.777567, -86.401937
    • 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 Winstead
  • 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
    • Since Winstead is near Bedford County and also Cannon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cannon 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 Winstead

Communities Also Named Winstead ...

We found four communities that are also named Winstead.

Within Tennessee, the name Winstead is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sharp 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 Arkansas community of Winstead [Sharp County].
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Mary Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Winstead [Saint Mary Parish].
    • North Carolina
      • Person 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 North Carolina community of Winstead [Person County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Winstead is located in Fayette County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Winstead that is located in Rutherford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Winstead.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Winstead ...

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.

  • Christiana
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Crescent
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Crescent is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Dixieland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Dixieland is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixieland
  • Double Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Double Springs is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
  • Glaze
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Glaze is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze
  • Gum
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gum is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum
  • Joyceland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Joyceland is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyceland
  • Overall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Overall is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
  • Steeplechase Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Steeplechase Meadows is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase Meadows
  • Stonebrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stonebrook is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
  • Twin Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Springs is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Winstead once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Winstead and extending to:

  • Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies just to the North.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Winstead to Nashville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 557 miles [896.4 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 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,144 miles [11,497.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,019 miles [8,077.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Winstead 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>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 from Point A (ie- Winstead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Winstead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 Winstead 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 Winstead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7776, Longitude: -86.4019       In this case, the coordinates for Winstead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.547 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.452 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.62 degrees.