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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Hickman County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Spring
- Bold Spring is located in Humphreys County
- Bucksnort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Cedar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Humphreys County
- Dughill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Elysian Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elysian Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysian Grove
- Elysian Grove is located in Humphreys County
- Forks of Blue Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forks of Blue Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Blue Creek
- Forks of Blue Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Grandmother Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandmother Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Plant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Polecat
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Water Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Water Valley is located in Humphreys County
How Far From Hurricane Mills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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<2> 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]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Hurricane Mills to Nashville, with an average speed<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,070 miles [8,159.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hurricane Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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- Hurricane Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hurricane Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9713, Longitude: -87.7815 |
| <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 Hurricane Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.41 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.474 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.165 degrees. |