Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kirkland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kirkland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kirkland
- 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 Kirkland:
- 35.062307, -86.629163
- 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 Kirkland
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Kirkland is near Madison County and also Giles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- eBird sighting report for Giles 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
Communities Also Named Kirkland ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Kirkland.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Kirkland.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Escambia County
- This Kirkland is located in Escambia County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the south of the Kirkland that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Kirkland.
- Fayette County
- This Kirkland is located in Fayette County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the southwest of the Kirkland that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Kirkland.
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Atkinson County
- This Kirkland is located in Atkinson County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Kirkland that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atkinson County community of Kirkland.
- Coffee 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 Georgia community of Kirkland [Coffee County].
- Jeff Davis County
- This Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km] to the southeast of the Kirkland that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jeff Davis County community of Kirkland.
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- New Brunswick
- This Kirkland lies 1,240 miles [1,995.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kirkland that is located in Lincoln County.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Cabarrus County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Kirkland [Cabarrus County].
- New Hanover County
- This Kirkland is located in New Hanover County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the east of the Kirkland that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Kirkland.
- Pennsylvania
- Quebec
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirkland ...
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.
- Blanche
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Elk Mill Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Elkwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Harms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Highland Rim
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Rim have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Rim
- Highland Rim is located in Lincoln County
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Lincoln
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Marys Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marys Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Grove
- Marys Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Park City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Pearl City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Pleasant Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Prospect
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Rolling Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Lincoln County
- Three Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
- Three Oaks is located in Lincoln County
- Park City
How Far From Kirkland 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 Kirkland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kirkland and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Kirkland to Nashville, with an average speed<5>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 591 miles [951.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,185 miles [11,563.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,060 miles [8,143.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kirkland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Kirkland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kirkland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0623, Longitude: -86.6292 In this case, the coordinates for Kirkland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Kirkland 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> | 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 Kirkland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Kirkland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.655 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.477 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.884 degrees. |