Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Saint Andrews, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Andrews and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Saint Andrews
- 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 Saint Andrews:
- 35.211193, -85.892478
- 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 Saint Andrews
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Saint Andrews is near Coffee County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Coffee County
- eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Saint Andrews ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Saint Andrews.
Within Tennessee, the name Saint Andrews is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, eleven are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Bay 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 Florida community of Saint Andrews [Bay County].
- Georgia
- Dougherty County
- This Saint Andrews is located in Dougherty County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Saint Andrews.
- Fulton County
- This Saint Andrews is located in Fulton County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the southeast of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Saint Andrews.
- Kansas
- Bourbon 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 Kansas community of Saint Andrews [Bourbon County].
- Manitoba
- This Saint Andrews lies 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- Mississippi
- Jackson 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 Mississippi community of Saint Andrews [Jackson County].
- New Brunswick
- This Saint Andrews lies 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Saint Andrews lies 1,616 miles [2,600.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- North Carolina
- Lee County
- This Saint Andrews is located in Lee County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<2> to the east of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Saint Andrews.
- Nova Scotia
- This Saint Andrews lies 1,442 miles [2,320.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- Ohio
- Paulding 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 Ohio community of Saint Andrews [Paulding County].
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Saint Andrews.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Saint Andrews lies 1,422 miles [2,288.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This Saint Andrews is located in Charleston County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Saint Andrews.
- Lexington County
- This Saint Andrews is located in Lexington County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km] to the east southeast of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Saint Andrews.
- Richland County
- This Saint Andrews is located in Richland County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km] to the east southeast of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Saint Andrews.
- Washington
- Douglas County
- This Saint Andrews is located in Douglas County and lies 1,917 miles [3,085.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Saint Andrews that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Saint Andrews.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Andrews ...
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.
- Bobtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Clifftops
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Greenhaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Greens View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens View
- Greens View is located in Coffee County
- Martin Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Springs
- Martin Springs is located in Marion County
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Grundy County
- Rockledge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Ruthledge Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruthledge Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Ruthledge Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruthledge Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Hill
- Ruthledge Hill is located in Coffee County
- Sand Switch
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Switch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Valley Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Home have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Home
- Valley Home is located in Grundy County
How Far From Saint Andrews 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 Saint Andrews to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Andrews and extending to:
- Winchester, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Andrews to Winchester, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,146 miles [11,500.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,022 miles [8,082.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Saint Andrews. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Franklin County: www.franklincotn.us/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Saint Andrews 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint Andrews) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Andrews. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2112, Longitude: -85.8925 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Andrews have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Saint Andrews, 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 Saint Andrews 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 313.213 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.988 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.542 degrees. |