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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 Paynes Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paynes Store 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 Paynes Store:
- 36.388659, -86.262490
- 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 Paynes Store
- 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 Trousdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trousdale County
- Since Paynes Store is near Sumner County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson 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 Paynes Store
Communities Also Named Paynes Store ...
We found one communities that are also named Paynes Store.
Within Tennessee, the name Paynes Store is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Paynes Store in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Alexander 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 North Carolina community of Paynes Store [Alexander County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paynes Store ...
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.
- Cairo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Cairo Bend Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cairo Bend Ferry is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Bend Ferry
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 people
- Chipman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chipman is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipman
- Green Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Halltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Halltown is located in Trousdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halltown
- Hartsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hartsville Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsville Junction is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville Junction
- Hickory Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hickory Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hunters Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hunters Point is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point
- Hunters Point Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hunters Point Ferry is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point Ferry
- Kansas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kansas is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Providence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Trousdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Shady Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Trousdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sideview ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sideview is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sideview
- Walnut Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Trousdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Paynes Store 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 Paynes Store to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Paynes Store and extending to:
- Hartsville, which is the Seat of Trousdale County, lies just to the East.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Paynes Store to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 533 miles [857.8 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,111 miles [11,444 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,986 miles [8,024.2 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 Paynes Store 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Paynes Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Paynes Store 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 Paynes Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3887, Longitude: -86.2625 In this case, the coordinates for Paynes Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.483 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.464 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.411 degrees. |
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