Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Butlers Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Butlers Landing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Butlers Landing
- 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 Butlers Landing:
- 36.492491, -85.561467
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Butlers Landing
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Butlers Landing is near Jackson County and also Overton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- eBird sighting report for Overton 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Butlers Landing ...
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.
- Baptist Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baptist Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Ridge
- Baptist Ridge is located in Clay County
- Carlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Cave Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Cave Springs is located in Clay County
- Free Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Hill
- Free Hill is located in Clay County
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Hicks Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hicks Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Ferry
- Hicks Ferry is located in Jackson County
- Hix ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Hurricane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Richville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Sugar Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Sugar Creek is located in Jackson County
- Turkey Creek ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
- Turkey Creek is located in Clay County
- Turkeytown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkeytown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Turkeytown is located in Clay County
How Far From Butlers Landing 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 Butlers Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Butlers Landing once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Butlers Landing and extending to:
- Celina, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Butlers Landing to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. 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 494 miles [795 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,076 miles [11,387.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,951 miles [7,967.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Clay County: www.dalehollowlake.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | 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 Butlers Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Butlers Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Butlers Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4925, Longitude: -85.5615 In this case, the coordinates for Butlers Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Butlers Landing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.054 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.985 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.085 degrees. |