Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sainville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sainville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sainville

• 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 Sainville:
  • 35.509797, -85.912761
  • 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 Sainville

• 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
  • Since Sainville is near Grundy County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Sainville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sainville ...

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.

• Chestnut Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Chestnut Grove is located in Grundy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
• Dawn ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Dawn is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
• Forest Mill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
• Fountain Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fountain Grove is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
• Glenview
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Glenview is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
• Mud Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mud Creek is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
• Ragsdale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ragsdale is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
• Shady Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Shady Grove is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
• Smartt
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Smartt is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartt
• Summitville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Summitville is located in Coffee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sainville and extending to:

• Manchester, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sainville to Manchester, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 66 miles [106.2 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 540 miles [869 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,010 miles [8,062.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'