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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 Saulsbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saulsbury 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 Saulsbury:
    • 36.172278, -86.124156
    • 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 Saulsbury
  • 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 Wilson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
    • Since Saulsbury is near Smith County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Saulsbury

Communities Also Named Saulsbury ...

We found five communities that are also named Saulsbury.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Saulsbury.

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Hardeman County
      • This Saulsbury is located in Hardeman County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Saulsbury that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardeman County community of Saulsbury.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Talbot County
      • This Saulsbury is located in Talbot County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saulsbury that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Saulsbury.
    • Mississippi
      • Lawrence 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 Mississippi community of Saulsbury [Lawrence County].
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This Saulsbury is located in Wood County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saulsbury that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Saulsbury.
      • Wyoming 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 West Virginia community of Saulsbury [Wyoming County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saulsbury ...

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.

  • Big Spring ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Spring is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Cherry Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherry Valley is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
  • Commerce
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Commerce is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
  • Flat Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Flat Rock is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Grant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Grant is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
  • Greenwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Greenwood is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Jennings ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jennings is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
  • Rome Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rome Ferry is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome Ferry
  • Shaver Town
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Shaver Town is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Town
  • Shop Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shop Springs is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shop Springs
  • Spring Creek ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Spring Creek is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Tuckers Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuckers Crossroads is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroads

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saulsbury and extending to:

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Wilson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Saulsbury to Lebanon, with an average speed<3> 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 36 miles [57.9 km] to the west (W). 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 531 miles [854.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,397 miles [10,295 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,114 miles [11,448.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,990 miles [8,030.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saulsbury) 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 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 Saulsbury 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 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 Saulsbury 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 Saulsbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1723, Longitude: -86.1242       In this case, the coordinates for Saulsbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.39 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.327 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.406 degrees.