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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 Southport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southport 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 Southport:
    • 35.471522, -87.099239
    • 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 Southport
  • 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 Southport ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Southport.

Within Tennessee, the name Southport is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Yolo 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 California community of Southport [Yolo County].
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Southport is located in Fairfield County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Southport.
    • Florida
      • Bay County
      • This Southport is located in Bay County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Southport.
    • Illinois
      • Peoria County
      • This Southport is located in Peoria County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peoria County community of Southport.
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This Southport is located in Marion County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<2> to the north of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Southport.
      • Owen County
      • This Southport is located in Owen County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km] to the north of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Southport.
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • This Southport is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Southport.
    • Maine
      • Lincoln County
      • This Southport is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,089 miles [1,752.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Southport.
    • Manitoba
      • This Southport lies 1,144 miles [1,841.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
    • Michigan
      • Monroe 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 Michigan community of Southport [Monroe County].
    • New York
      • Chemung County
      • This Southport is located in Chemung County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Southport.
      • Suffolk County
      • This Southport is located in Suffolk County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km] to the east northeast of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Southport.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Southport lies 1,909 miles [3,072.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
    • North Carolina
      • Brunswick County
      • This Southport is located in Brunswick County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<2> to the east of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Southport.
    • Oregon
      • Coos County
      • This Southport is located in Coos County and lies 2,035 miles [3,275 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Southport.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Southport lies 1,448 miles [2,330.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Southport that is located in Maury County.
    • Virginia
      • Prince William 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 Virginia community of Southport [Prince William County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Southport ...

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.

  • Arrow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow
    • Arrow is located in Maury County
  • Big Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
    • Big Creek is located in Giles County
  • Dukes Store ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dukes Store have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Store
    • Dukes Store is located in Maury County
  • Enterprise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hopewell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopewell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
    • Hopewell is located in Maury County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Maury County
  • Porters
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porters have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
    • Porters is located in Maury County
  • Red Row
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Row have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Row
    • Red Row is located in Maury County
  • Rich
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
    • Rich is located in Giles County
  • Sandy Hook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Hook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
    • Sandy Hook is located in Maury County
  • Screamer
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Screamer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
    • Screamer is located in Maury County
  • Sunnyside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunnyside is located in Maury County
  • Waco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
    • Waco is located in Giles County

How Far From Southport to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Southport to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Southport to Columbia, with an average speed<5> 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 50 miles [80.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 601 miles [967.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,187 miles [11,566.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,063 miles [8,148.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Southport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 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 Southport 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Southport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Southport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4715, Longitude: -87.0992    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Southport 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 313.963 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.889 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.987 degrees.









 

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