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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 Floyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Floyville 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 Floyville:
- 35.800066, -88.450050
- 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 Floyville
- 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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
- Since Floyville is near Carroll County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Floyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Floyville ...
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.
- Blue Goose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Goose is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Goose
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Hickory Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hickory Flat is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Independence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Jumbo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Juno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Juno is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- Law
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Law is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Law
- Leach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Leach is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
- Pleasant Exchange ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Exchange is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Exchange
- Poplar Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Poplar Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Rock Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Sand Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sand Ridge is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Spain ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spain is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
- Timberlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlake is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Union Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- Williams Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Chapel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Chapel
How Far From Floyville 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 Floyville 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<1> community of Floyville once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Floyville and extending to:
- Lexington, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Floyville to Lexington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 661 miles [1,063.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,508 miles [10,473.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Floyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Floyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Floyville 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 Floyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8001, Longitude: -88.4501 In this case, the coordinates for Floyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.82 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.923 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.492 degrees. |
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