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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 Yager, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yager 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 Yager:
    • 35.731459, -85.814428
    • 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 Yager
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Yager is near DeKalb County and also Cannon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Yager

Communities Also Named Yager ...

We found two communities that are also named Yager.

Within Tennessee, the name Yager is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Diego 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 California community of Yager [San Diego County].
    • Washington
      • Whatcom 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 Washington community of Yager [Whatcom County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yager ...

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.

  • Bethany
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bethany is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Centertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Centertown is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
  • Crisp Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Crisp Spring is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp Spring
  • Daylight
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Daylight is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
  • Earleyville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Earleyville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleyville
  • Flatwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Flatwood is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
  • Greens Crossroad
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greens Crossroad is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossroad
  • Jessie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jessie is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessie
  • Lucky
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lucky is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
  • New ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • New is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New
  • Shady Rest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Shady Rest is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest
  • Smartt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Smartt is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartt
  • Union
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Union is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

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

  • McMinnville, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Yager to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 529 miles [851.3 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,405 miles [10,307.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,120 miles [11,458.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,996 miles [8,040.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Yager 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yager) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Yager 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 Yager. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7315, Longitude: -85.8144       In this case, the coordinates for Yager have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.185 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.029 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.383 degrees.