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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 Latta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Latta 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 Latta:
    • 35.704236, -87.101395
    • 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 Latta
  • 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 Maury County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Maury County
    • Since Latta is near Hickman County and also Williamson 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 Williamson 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 Latta

Communities Also Named Latta ...

We found four communities that are also named Latta.

Within Tennessee, the name Latta is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Greene 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 Indiana community of Latta [Greene County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Pontotoc County
      • This Latta is located in Pontotoc County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<2> to the west of the Latta that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Latta.
    • Ontario
      • This Latta lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Latta that is located in Maury County.
    • South Carolina
      • Dillon County
      • This Latta is located in Dillon County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<2> to the east of the Latta that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dillon County community of Latta.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Latta ...

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.

  • Bookers Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bookers Ferry is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookers Ferry
  • Field Crest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Field Crest is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crest
  • Flint Valley ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Flint Valley is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Valley
  • Fly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fly is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
  • Hill Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hill Town is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
  • Idlewild
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Idlewild is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Kinderhook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Kinderhook is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
  • Loco ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Loco is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
  • New Flys Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • New Flys Village is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
  • Pleasant Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Hills is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
  • Poplar Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Poplar Creek is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
  • Poplar Top
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Poplar Top is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Top
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rolling Fields
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Rolling Fields is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fields
    • Royal Oaks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Royal Oaks is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
    • Sawdust
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sawdust is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
      • Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
    • Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
    • Water Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Water Valley is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
    • Zion
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Zion is located in Maury County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Latta to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Latta 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<3> community of Latta once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Latta and extending to:

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Latta to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 594 miles [956 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 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,177 miles [11,550.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,052 miles [8,130.4 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 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 Latta 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Latta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Latta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Latta 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 Latta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7042, Longitude: -87.1014       In this case, the coordinates for Latta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.975 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.935 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.934 degrees.