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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 Hickory Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hickory Point 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 Hickory Point:
    • 36.433939, -87.248062
    • 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 Hickory Point
  • 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 Hickory Point is near Cheatham County and also Dickson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cheatham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickson 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 Hickory Point

Communities Also Named Hickory Point ...

We found six communities that are also named Hickory Point.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Hickory Point.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Haywood County
      • This Hickory Point is located in Haywood County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hickory Point that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Hickory Point.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • This Hickory Point is located in Clarke County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hickory Point that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Hickory Point.
    • Illinois
      • Woodford County
      • This Hickory Point is located in Woodford County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hickory Point that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodford County community of Hickory Point.
    • Kansas
      • Douglas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hickory Point [Douglas County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Hickory Point is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hickory Point that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Hickory Point.
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hickory Point [Beaufort County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hickory Point ...

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.

  • Betsystown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Betsystown is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betsystown
  • Eastern Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Eastern Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Hills
  • Georgetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Grantville ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Grantville is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
  • Greenland Farms
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenland Farms is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Farms
  • Henrietta
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
    • Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
  • Kingsbury
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingsbury is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
  • Liverworth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
  • Neptune
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Neptune is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rotary Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Rotary Hills is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotary Hills
    • Round Pond
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Round Pond is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Pond
    • Rudolphtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Rudolphtown is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolphtown
    • Seven Mile Ferry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Seven Mile Ferry is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ferry
    • Shady Bluff
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Shady Bluff is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bluff
    • Shady Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Shady Grove is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove

How Far From Hickory Point 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 Hickory Point to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Clarksville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Hickory Point to Nashville, with an average speed<3> 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 583 miles [938.2 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 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,026 miles [8,088.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hickory Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Hickory Point 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.
<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 Hickory Point 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 Hickory Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4339, Longitude: -87.2481       In this case, the coordinates for Hickory Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.097 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.177 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.826 degrees.