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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 Eva, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eva 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 Eva:
    • 36.064504, -88.004200
    • 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 Eva
  • 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
    • Since Eva is near Humphreys County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Eva

Communities Also Named Eva ...

We found seven communities that are also named Eva.

Within Tennessee, the name Eva is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Morgan County
      • This Eva is located in Morgan County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Eva that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Eva.
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • This Eva is located in Polk County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Eva that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Eva.
    • Georgia
      • Houston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Eva [Houston County].
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • This Eva is located in Concordia Parish and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Eva that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Concordia Parish community of Eva.
    • North Carolina
      • Perquimans County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Eva [Perquimans County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Texas County
      • This Eva is located in Texas County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the west of the Eva that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Eva.
    • West Virginia
      • Ritchie County
      • This Eva is located in Ritchie County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eva that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Eva.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eva ...

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.

  • Chalklevel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Chalklevel is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalklevel
  • Chestnut Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Crossroads is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
  • Dughill ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dughill is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dughill
  • Elysian Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Elysian Grove is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysian Grove
  • Liberty
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Plant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Plant is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
  • Post Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Post Oak is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
  • Prospect
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Prospect is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Rockport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Rockport is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
  • Sandy Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sandy Point is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
  • Tin Cup
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Tin Cup is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Cup
  • Trotters Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Trotters Ferry is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotters Ferry

How Far From Eva to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Eva to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eva and extending to:

  • Camden, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies just to the West.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Eva to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 631 miles [1,015.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,478 miles [10,425.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,199 miles [11,585.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,075 miles [8,167.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Eva) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Eva 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Eva 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 Eva. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0645, Longitude: -88.0042       In this case, the coordinates for Eva have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.554 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.652 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.24 degrees.