Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Gilchrist, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gilchrist and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Gilchrist
- 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 Gilchrist:
- 35.205638, -88.426153
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Gilchrist
- 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 McNairy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McNairy County
- Since Gilchrist is near Hardin County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- eBird sighting report for Chester 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Gilchrist ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Gilchrist.
Within Tennessee, the name Gilchrist is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Charlotte County
- This Gilchrist is located in Charlotte County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Gilchrist that is located in McNairy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlotte County community of Gilchrist.
- Hillsborough County
- This Gilchrist is located in Hillsborough County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km] to the southeast of the Gilchrist that is located in McNairy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Gilchrist.
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- This Gilchrist is located in Fulton County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Gilchrist that is located in McNairy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Gilchrist.
- Mercer County
- This Gilchrist is located in Mercer County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km] to the north northwest of the Gilchrist that is located in McNairy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Gilchrist.
- Michigan
- Allegan 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 Michigan community of Gilchrist [Allegan County].
- Mackinac County
- This Gilchrist is located in Mackinac County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<2> to the north of the Gilchrist that is located in McNairy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mackinac County community of Gilchrist.
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gilchrist ...
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.
- Beauty Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beauty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Hill
- Beauty Hill is located in McNairy County
- Box Elder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Chambers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Good Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Hickory Flats
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Flats have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flats
- Hickory Flats is located in McNairy County
- Leapwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Mud Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Pebble Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pebble Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill
- Pebble Hill is located in McNairy County
- Purdy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Gilchrist 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 Gilchrist to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gilchrist and extending to:
- Selmer, which is the Seat of McNairy County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gilchrist to Selmer, with an average speed<5> 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 113 miles [181.9 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,256 miles [11,677.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,131 miles [8,257.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gilchrist. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 Gilchrist 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gilchrist) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gilchrist. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2056, Longitude: -88.4262 In this case, the coordinates for Gilchrist have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Gilchrist, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Gilchrist to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.772 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.786 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.61 degrees. |