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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 Northaven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Northaven 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 Northaven:
    • 35.266754, -90.048424
    • 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 Northaven
  • 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Since Northaven is near Crittenden County and also Mississippi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi 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 Northaven

Communities Also Named Northaven ...

We found two communities that are also named Northaven.

Within Tennessee, the name Northaven is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Clark 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 Northaven [Clark County].
    • Texas
      • Dallas 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 Texas community of Northaven [Dallas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Northaven ...

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.

  • Cuba
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cuba is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Egypt
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Egypt is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Felts
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Felts is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felts
  • Greenlaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Greenlaw is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlaw
  • Griffin Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Griffin Corner is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Corner
  • Hunt Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
  • Island Forty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Island Forty is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Forty
  • Jester ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jester is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
  • Little John
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Little John is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little John
  • Locke
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Locke is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
  • Lucy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lucy is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
  • Mound City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
  • Redman Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Redman Point is located in Crittenden County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Point
  • Rugby
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rugby is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Northaven and extending to:

  • Memphis, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the South.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Northaven to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 758 miles [1,219.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,322 miles [11,783.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,198 miles [8,365.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Northaven 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Northaven) 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 Northaven 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 Northaven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2668, Longitude: -90.0484       In this case, the coordinates for Northaven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.796 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.979 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.298 degrees.