Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hartsville Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hartsville Junction and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hartsville Junction

• 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 Hartsville Junction:
  • 36.449490, -86.326657
  • 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 Hartsville Junction

• 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 Sumner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner County
  • Since Hartsville Junction is near Trousdale County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Trousdale County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Hartsville Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hartsville Junction ...

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.

• Angeltown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Angeltown is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angeltown
• Cairo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cairo is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
• Cairo Bend Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cairo Bend Ferry is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Bend Ferry
• Chipman
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Chipman is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipman
• Graball
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Graball is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
• Hickory Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Grove is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
• Kansas
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Kansas is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
• Phosphate ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Phosphate is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phosphate
• Rock Bridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rock Bridge is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
• Sideview ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Sideview is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sideview
• Walnut Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Grove is located in Trousdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

How Far From Hartsville Junction 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 Hartsville Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hartsville Junction and extending to:

• Gallatin, which is the Seat of Sumner County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Hartsville Junction to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 534 miles [859.4 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,111 miles [11,444 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,986 miles [8,024.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'