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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 South Columbus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Columbus 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 South Columbus:
    • 36.742002, -89.098122
    • 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 South Columbus
  • 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 Hickman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman County
    • Since South Columbus is near Carlisle County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carlisle County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 South Columbus

Communities Also Named South Columbus ...

We found two communities that are also named South Columbus.

Within Kentucky, the name South Columbus is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Muscogee 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 Georgia community of South Columbus [Muscogee County].
    • Ohio
      • Franklin 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 Ohio community of South Columbus [Franklin County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Columbus ...

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.

  • Blandville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Blandville is located in Ballard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
  • Cairo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <2>
  • Columbus
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Columbus is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
  • Crystal
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Crystal is located in Obion County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
  • Dublin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Dublin is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
  • Fancy Farm
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
  • Jordan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jordan is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Magee Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Magee Springs is located in Carlisle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee Springs
  • Moscow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Moscow is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
  • Riceville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Riceville is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
  • Roper
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Roper is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
  • Wheel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Wheel is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel
  • Woodland Mills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Woodland Mills is located in Obion County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in South Columbus and extending to:

  • Clinton, which is the Seat of Hickman County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from South Columbus to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,488 miles [10,441.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,214 miles [11,609.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,091 miles [8,193.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 South Columbus 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- South Columbus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 South Columbus 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 South Columbus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7420, Longitude: -89.0981       In this case, the coordinates for South Columbus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.278 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.581 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.57 degrees.