Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Crosstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crosstown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Crosstown
- 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 Crosstown:
- 35.445639, -89.792583
- 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 Crosstown
- 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 Tipton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tipton County
- Since Crosstown is near Shelby County and also Mississippi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- eBird sighting report for Mississippi 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
Communities Also Named Crosstown ...
We found four communities that share the name Crosstown.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Crosstown.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Ohio
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crosstown ...
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.
- Beaver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Bolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Egypt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Elm Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Flatwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Gilt Edge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Holly Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Holly Grove is located in Tipton County
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Madge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Mudville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Peckerwood Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peckerwood Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peckerwood Point
- Peckerwood Point is located in Tipton County
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Towering Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Towering Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towering Heights
- Towering Heights is located in Tipton County
- Williams Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Chapel
- Williams Chapel is located in Shelby County
- Madge
How Far From Crosstown 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 Crosstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crosstown and extending to:
- Covington, which is the Seat of Tipton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Crosstown to Covington, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 175 miles [281.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 740 miles [1,190.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,579 miles [10,587.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,303 miles [11,753 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crosstown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tipton County: www.tiptonco.com
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Crosstown 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 '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- Crosstown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crosstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4456, Longitude: -89.7926 In this case, the coordinates for Crosstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Crosstown 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 315.646 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.829 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.151 degrees. |