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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 Curve, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Curve 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 Curve:
- 35.804798, -89.456740
- 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 Curve
- 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 Lauderdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
- Since Curve is near Haywood County and also Crockett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Haywood County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crockett 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 Curve
Communities Also Named Curve ...
We found one communities that are also named Curve.
Within Tennessee, the name Curve is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Curve in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Giles 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 Virginia community of Curve [Giles County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Curve ...
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.
- Central
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Central is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Double Bridges
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Double Bridges is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bridges
- Dry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Edith
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Edward Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edward Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward Grove
- Forked Deer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forked Deer is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked Deer
- Frog Jump
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Frog Jump is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Jump
- Gates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Halls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Knob Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knob Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
- Nutbush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Porter Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Porter Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Gap
How Far From Curve 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 Curve to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Curve and extending to:
- Ripley, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 151 miles [243 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Curve to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 713 miles [1,147.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,272 miles [11,703.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,148 miles [8,284.9 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 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 Curve 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' (or 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- Curve) 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 Curve 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 Curve. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8048, Longitude: -89.4567 In this case, the coordinates for Curve have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.455 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.658 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.93 degrees. |
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