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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 Dukedom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dukedom 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 Dukedom:
- 36.502282, -88.715054
- 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 Dukedom
- 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 Weakley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley County
- Since Dukedom is near Graves County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Graves County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Dukedom
Communities Also Named Dukedom ...
We found one communities that are also named Dukedom.
Within Tennessee, the name Dukedom is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Dukedom in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Graves 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 Kentucky community of Dukedom [Graves County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dukedom ...
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.
- Camp Ground
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Ground is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
- Chestnut Glade
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Glade is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Glade
- Cuba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Fancy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fancy is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy
- Lynnville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lynnville is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Pilot Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pilot Oak is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Oak
- Riceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Riceville is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Roper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roper is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Stubblefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stubblefield is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubblefield
- Water Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Dukedom 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 Dukedom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dukedom and extending to:
- Dresden, which is the Seat of Weakley County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Dukedom to Dresden, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 658 miles [1,058.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,485 miles [10,436.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,210 miles [11,603.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,085 miles [8,183.5 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 Dukedom 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- Dukedom) 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 Dukedom 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 Dukedom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5023, Longitude: -88.7151 In this case, the coordinates for Dukedom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.023 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.254 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.453 degrees. |
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