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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 Guntown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guntown 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 Guntown:
- 36.394540, -82.988775
- 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 Guntown
- 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 Hawkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
- Since Guntown is near Greene County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Guntown
Communities Also Named Guntown ...
We found one communities that are also named Guntown.
Within Tennessee, the name Guntown is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Guntown in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Lee County
- This Guntown is located in Lee County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Guntown that is located in Hawkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Guntown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Guntown ...
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.
- Big Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Creek is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Butcher ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Butcher is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher
- Camelot
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Camelot is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Chalk Level
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chalk Level is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Choptack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Choptack is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptack
- Enterprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Flora Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flora Ferry is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Ferry
- Hickory Cove ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hickory Cove is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Cove
- Honeycutt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Honeycutt is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycutt
- Longtown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Longtown is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Prices Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prices Ferry is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Ferry
- Rogersville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Spears ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spears is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
How Far From Guntown 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 Guntown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Guntown and extending to:
- Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Guntown to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 368 miles [592.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,258 miles [10,071.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,844 miles [7,795.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Guntown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Guntown 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 Guntown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3945, Longitude: -82.9888 In this case, the coordinates for Guntown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.49 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.176 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.029 degrees. |
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