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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Wrencoe:
36.012388, -86.703609
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We found one communities that are also named Wrencoe.
Within Tennessee, the name Wrencoe is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Wrencoe in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Idaho
Bonner County
This Wrencoe is located in Bonner County and lies 1,736 miles [2,793.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wrencoe that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonner County community of Wrencoe.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wrencoe ...
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.
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 Wrencoe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wrencoe and extending to:
Nashville, which is the Seat of Davidson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wrencoe to Nashville, with an average speed<2> 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 11 miles [17.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 565 miles [909.3 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 33 days.
The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,146 miles [11,500.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,022 miles [8,082.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wrencoe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Wrencoe 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 Wrencoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0124, Longitude: -86.7036 In this case, the coordinates for Wrencoe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.742 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.71 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.692 degrees.