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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 India, we use the following websites to find information relevant to India 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 India:
- 36.332557, -88.258097
- 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 India
- 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Since India is near Benton County and also Calloway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calloway 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 India
Communities Also Named India ...
We found five communities that are also named India.
Within Tennessee, the name India is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Walton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of India [Walton County].
- Kansas
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of India [Douglas County].
- Mississippi
- Stone County
- This India is located in Stone County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<2> to the south of the India that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of India.
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- This India is located in Westmoreland County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the India that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of India.
- Texas
- Ellis County
- This India is located in Ellis County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the India that is located in Henry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of India.
Curious and Interesting Names Near India ...
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.
- Chickasaw Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chickasaw Heights is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Heights
- Elkhorn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elkhorn is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Hilltop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Meadow Mead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Mead is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Mead
- Nobles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nobles is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobles
- Paris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Porter Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Porter Court is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Court
- Porters ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Porters is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Sunny Side
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Side is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
How Far From India 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 India to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in India and extending to:
- Paris, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from India to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 638 miles [1,026.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 India 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. |
| <2> | 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- India) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 India 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 India. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3326, Longitude: -88.2581 In this case, the coordinates for India have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.726 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.888 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.29 degrees. |
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