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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 Atkins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Atkins 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 Atkins:
- 36.523661, -87.730575
- 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 Atkins
- 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 Stewart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stewart County
- Since Atkins is near Montgomery County and also Houston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston 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 Atkins
Communities Also Named Atkins ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Atkins.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Atkins.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Henderson County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Atkins [Henderson County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pope County
- This Atkins is located in Pope County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Atkins that is located in Stewart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Atkins.
- Iowa
- Benton County
- This Atkins is located in Benton County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Atkins that is located in Stewart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Atkins.
- Louisiana
- Bossier Parish
- This Atkins is located in Bossier Parish and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Atkins that is located in Stewart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Atkins.
- Michigan
- Saint Clair County
- This Atkins is located in Saint Clair County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Atkins that is located in Stewart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Atkins.
- Montana
- Gallatin County
- This Atkins is located in Gallatin County and lies 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Atkins that is located in Stewart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Atkins.
- Nebraska
- Morrill County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Atkins [Morrill County].
- South Carolina
- Lee County
- This Atkins is located in Lee County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Atkins that is located in Stewart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Atkins.
- Virginia
- Smyth County
- This Atkins is located in Smyth County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<2> to the east of the Atkins that is located in Stewart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smyth County community of Atkins.
- Wisconsin
- Forest County
- This Atkins is located in Forest County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<2> to the north of the Atkins that is located in Stewart County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forest County community of Atkins.
- Wyoming
- Laramie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Atkins [Laramie County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Atkins ...
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.
- Bear Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Spring is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Spring
- Big Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bumpus Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cave Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Chestnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <4>
- Indian Mound
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Red Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Top is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Rose Hill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Tip Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tip Top is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
How Far From Atkins 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 Atkins to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Atkins and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Stewart County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Atkins to Nashville, with an average speed<5> 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 606 miles [975.3 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 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,043 miles [8,115.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Atkins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Atkins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Atkins 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Atkins 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 Atkins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5237, Longitude: -87.7306 In this case, the coordinates for Atkins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.403 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.542 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.015 degrees. |
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