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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 Slaughter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Slaughter 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 Slaughter:
    • 36.445380, -82.544872
    • 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 Slaughter
  • 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
    • Since Slaughter is near Washington County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Slaughter

Communities Also Named Slaughter ...

We found six communities that are also named Slaughter.

Within Tennessee, the name Slaughter is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Slaughter is located in Kent County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Slaughter that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Slaughter.
    • Florida
      • Pasco 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 Florida community of Slaughter [Pasco County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Feliciana Parish
      • This Slaughter is located in East Feliciana Parish and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Slaughter that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Feliciana Parish community of Slaughter.
    • North Dakota
      • Burleigh 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 North Dakota community of Slaughter [Burleigh County].
    • Virginia
      • Nelson 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 Virginia community of Slaughter [Nelson County].
    • Washington
      • King 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 Washington community of Slaughter [King County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Slaughter ...

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.

  • Applewalk Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Applewalk Park is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewalk Park
  • Cloverbottom ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cloverbottom is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverbottom
  • Double Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Double Springs is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
  • Fordtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
  • Harmony
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Harmony is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Historic Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Historic Hills is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Historic Hills
  • Lake Crest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Crest is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Crest
  • Meadowbrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Poplar Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Poplar Grove is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
  • Quail Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Quail Creek is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
  • Rock Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rock Springs is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Summer Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Summer Hills is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hills
  • Summersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Summersville is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Slaughter once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Slaughter and extending to:

  • Blountville, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Slaughter to Blountville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 236 miles [379.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 345 miles [555.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,237 miles [10,037.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,946 miles [11,178.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,822 miles [7,760.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Slaughter) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Slaughter 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>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 Slaughter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Slaughter 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 Slaughter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4454, Longitude: -82.5449       In this case, the coordinates for Slaughter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.225 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.88 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.831 degrees.