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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 Dughill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dughill 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 Dughill:
- 35.991450, -87.876417
- 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 Dughill
- 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 Humphreys County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys County
- Since Dughill is near Benton County and also Hickman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman 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 Dughill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dughill ...
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.
- Buffalo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Cedar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Eagle Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Creek
- Elysian Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elysian Grove is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysian Grove
- Forks of Blue Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forks of Blue Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Blue Creek
- Hurricane Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Roost
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Plant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Polecat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Polecat is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polecat
- Rockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Trotters Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Trotters Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotters Ferry
How Far From Dughill 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 Dughill 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 Dughill once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dughill and extending to:
- Waverly, which is the Seat of Humphreys County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Dughill to Nashville, with an average speed<4> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 626 miles [1,007.4 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 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,073 miles [8,164.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dughill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Dughill) 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 Dughill 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 Dughill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9915, Longitude: -87.8764 In this case, the coordinates for Dughill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.47 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.546 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.201 degrees. |
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