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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 Sugar Tree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugar Tree and the surrounding area.
- 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 Sugar Tree:
- 35.830440, -88.036124
- 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 Sugar Tree
- 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 Decatur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur County
- Since Sugar Tree is near Benton County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Sugar Tree
Communities Also Named Sugar Tree ...
We found three communities that are also named Sugar Tree.
Within Tennessee, the name Sugar Tree is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- This Sugar Tree is located in Madison County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sugar Tree that is located in Decatur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Sugar Tree.
- Ohio
- Guernsey County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Guernsey County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Sugar Tree.
- West Virginia
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sugar Tree [Lincoln County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar Tree ...
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.
- Chaseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Heights is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
- Crooked Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crooked Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Eagle Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Creek
- Hydro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hydro is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
- Rockport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockport is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Toms Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Toms Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek
- Yellow Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Yellow Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Springs
How Far From Sugar Tree 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 Sugar Tree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sugar Tree and extending to:
- Decaturville, which is the Seat of Decatur County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sugar Tree to Decaturville, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 639 miles [1,028.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,490 miles [10,444.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,211 miles [11,605 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,087 miles [8,186.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sugar Tree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Sugar Tree, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Sugar Tree 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. |
| <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 Sugar Tree 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 Sugar Tree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8304, Longitude: -88.0361 In this case, the coordinates for Sugar Tree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.562 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.63 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.306 degrees. |
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