Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Hurricane Mills:
  • 35.971252, -87.781486
  • 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 Hurricane Mills

• 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 Humphreys County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys County
  • Since Hurricane Mills is near Hickman County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman 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 Hurricane Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hurricane Mills ...

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.

• Bold Spring
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bold Spring is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Spring
• Bucksnort
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bucksnort is located in Hickman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort
• Buffalo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Buffalo
  • From Hurricane Mills to Buffalo
• Cedar Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Dughill ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Dughill is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dughill
• Elysian Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Elysian Grove is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysian Grove
• Forks of Blue Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Forks of Blue Creek is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Blue Creek
• Grandmother Ford
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
  • Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
• Plant
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Plant is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Plant
  • From Hurricane Mills to Plant
• Polecat
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Polecat is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polecat
• Water Valley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Water Valley is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley

How Far From Hurricane Mills 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 Hurricane Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Waverly, which is the Seat of Humphreys County, lies just to the North.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Hurricane Mills to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 622 miles [1,001 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 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,194 miles [11,577.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,070 miles [8,159.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'