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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 Tatumsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tatumsville 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 Tatumsville:
- 36.933074, -88.306584
- 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 Tatumsville
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Tatumsville is near Livingston County and also McCracken County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCracken 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 Tatumsville
Communities Also Named Tatumsville ...
We found one communities that are also named Tatumsville.
Within Kentucky, the name Tatumsville is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Tatumsville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- This Tatumsville is located in Chatham County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the southeast of the Tatumsville that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Tatumsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tatumsville ...
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.
- Dogtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbertsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grand Rivers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Hill Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harris Hill Ford is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Hill Ford
- Lake City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Bear Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Bear Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bear Creek
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marshall is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Possum Trot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Possum Trot is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Scale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stanley Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Landing
- Twin Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Tatumsville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tatumsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tatumsville and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Tatumsville to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 628 miles [1,010.7 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 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,173 miles [11,543.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,049 miles [8,125.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tatumsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Tatumsville 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 Tatumsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9331, Longitude: -88.3066 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.783 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.037 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.174 degrees. |
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