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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 Hutson Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hutson Grove 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 Hutson Grove:
    • 35.870351, -89.194513
    • 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 Hutson Grove
  • 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 Crockett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crockett County
    • Since Hutson Grove is near Dyer County and also Gibson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dyer County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson 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 Hutson Grove

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hutson Grove ...

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.

  • Brazil
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Brazil is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
  • Cairo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cairo is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
  • Chestnut Bluff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
  • Crockett Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
  • Cross Roads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cross Roads is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Dog Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dog Hill is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Hill
  • Elizabeth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
  • Friendship
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Friendship is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
  • Frog Jump
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Frog Jump is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Jump
  • Shady Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Shady Grove is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Stokes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Stokes is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes

How Far From Hutson Grove 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 Hutson Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Hutson Grove once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hutson Grove and extending to:

  • Alamo, which is the Seat of Crockett County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hutson Grove to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,258 miles [11,680.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,134 miles [8,262.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hutson Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hutson Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hutson Grove 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 Hutson Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8704, Longitude: -89.1945       In this case, the coordinates for Hutson Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.293 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.479 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.801 degrees.