RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Tennessee >> Sumner County >> Sengtown >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Sengtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sengtown 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 Sengtown:
    • 36.613702, -86.439236
    • 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 Sengtown
  • 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 Sumner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumner County
    • Since Sengtown is near Allen County and also Simpson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allen County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson 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 Sengtown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sengtown ...

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.

  • Angeltown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Angeltown is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angeltown
  • Black Jack
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Brackentown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Brackentown is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackentown
  • Chestnut Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Chestnut Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Clare
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Clare is located in Allen County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
  • Fountain Head
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Flat
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Flat is located in Simpson County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
  • Highland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Highland is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Liberty
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Mitchell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mitchell is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
    • Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Pipers Chapel
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pipers Chapel is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Chapel
    • Pondville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Pondville is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
    • Providence
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Providence is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Rock Bridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Scattersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Scattersville is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattersville

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

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

  • Gallatin, which is the Seat of Sumner County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Sengtown to Gallatin, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 536 miles [862.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,389 miles [10,282.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,108 miles [11,439.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,984 miles [8,021 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Sengtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Sengtown 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 Sengtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6137, Longitude: -86.4392       In this case, the coordinates for Sengtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.60 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.63 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.432 degrees.