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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 Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hickory Valley 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 Hickory Valley:
- 35.154697, -89.127384
- 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 Valley
- 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 Hardeman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardeman County
- Since Hickory Valley is near Fayette County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Valley
Communities Also Named Hickory Valley ...
We found five communities that are also named Hickory Valley.
There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Hickory Valley.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Hamilton County
- This Hickory Valley is located in Hamilton County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the east of the Hickory Valley that is located in Hardeman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Hickory Valley.
- Union 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 Tennessee community of Hickory Valley [Union County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Independence County
- This Hickory Valley is located in Independence County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hickory Valley that is located in Hardeman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Hickory Valley.
- Louisiana
- Winn Parish
- This Hickory Valley is located in Winn Parish and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hickory Valley that is located in Hardeman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Hickory Valley.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Hickory Valley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hickory Valley that is located in Hardeman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Hickory Valley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hickory Valley ...
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.
- Center Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Center Point is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Forty Five
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hopewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Benton County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Liberty Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Lisbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lisbon is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Michigan City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rather
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rather is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rather
- Rogers Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shandy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Hill is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
How Far From Hickory Valley 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 town such as Hickory Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hickory Valley and extending to:
- Bolivar, which is the Seat of Hardeman County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hickory Valley to Bolivar, with an average speed<4> 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 149 miles [239.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 714 miles [1,149.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,288 miles [11,728.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,164 miles [8,310.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hickory Valley) 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 Valley 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Valley 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 Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1547, Longitude: -89.1274 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.208 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.283 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.922 degrees. |
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