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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 Hampton Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hampton Station and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hampton Station:
    • 36.613657, -87.225560
    • 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 Hampton Station
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Hampton Station is near Todd County and also Robertson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Todd County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Robertson 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 Hampton Station

Communities Also Named Hampton Station ...

We found three communities that are also named Hampton Station.

Within Tennessee, the name Hampton Station is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Windham 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 Connecticut community of Hampton Station [Windham County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Hampton Station lies 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hampton Station that is located in Montgomery County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango County
      • This Hampton Station is located in Venango County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hampton Station that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Hampton Station.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hampton Station ...

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.

  • Cedarbrook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
  • Eastern Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Eastern Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Hills
  • Endsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Endsville is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endsville
  • Forest Mills ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Forest Mills is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
  • Forts ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Forts is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forts
  • Georgetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Grasslands
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Grasslands is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasslands
  • Maplewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Maplewood is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Meadow Lane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadow Lane is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
  • River Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • River Run is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
  • Rotary Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Rotary Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotary Hills
  • Rudolphtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rudolphtown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolphtown
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Shady Bluff
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Shady Bluff is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bluff
    • Spring Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Spring Valley is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Swan Lake Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
    • Walnut Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Willow Bend
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Willow Bend is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend

How Far From Hampton Station 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 Hampton Station to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Clarksville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hampton Station to Clarksville, 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 39 miles [62.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 577 miles [928.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,142 miles [11,493.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hampton Station 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hampton Station) 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 Hampton Station 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 Hampton Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6137, Longitude: -87.2256       In this case, the coordinates for Hampton Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.09 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.194 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.773 degrees.