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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 Mitchellville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mitchellville 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 Mitchellville:
- 36.632160, -86.540486
- 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 Mitchellville
- 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 Sumner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner County
- Since Mitchellville is near Simpson County and also Robertson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Robertson 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 Mitchellville
Communities Also Named Mitchellville ...
We found ten communities that are also named Mitchellville.
Within Tennessee, the name Mitchellville is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This Mitchellville is located in Calhoun County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the south of the Mitchellville that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Mitchellville.
- Arkansas
- Desha County
- This Mitchellville is located in Desha County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mitchellville that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Desha County community of Mitchellville.
- Indiana
- Marion 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 Indiana community of Mitchellville [Marion County].
- Iowa
- Polk County
- This Mitchellville is located in Polk County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mitchellville that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Mitchellville.
- Kansas
- Hamilton 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 Kansas community of Mitchellville [Hamilton County].
- Stanton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mitchellville [Stanton County].
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Mitchellville is located in Prince George's County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mitchellville that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Mitchellville.
- Missouri
- Harrison County
- This Mitchellville is located in Harrison County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mitchellville that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Mitchellville.
- Ontario
- This Mitchellville lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mitchellville that is located in Sumner County.
- South Carolina
- Jasper County
- This Mitchellville is located in Jasper County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Mitchellville that is located in Sumner County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Mitchellville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mitchellville ...
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.
- Black Jack
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chestnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Flat Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Fountain Head
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hickory Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Flat is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Mitchell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Pipers Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pipers Chapel is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Chapel
- Providence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Scattersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scattersville is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattersville
How Far From Mitchellville 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 city such as Mitchellville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mitchellville and extending to:
- Gallatin, which is the Seat of Sumner County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mitchellville to Gallatin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 541 miles [870.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,112 miles [11,445.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,987 miles [8,025.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mitchellville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Mitchellville 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> | 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 Mitchellville 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 Mitchellville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6322, Longitude: -86.5405 In this case, the coordinates for Mitchellville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.663 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.705 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.471 degrees. |
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