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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 Tate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tate 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 Tate:
    • 35.957285, -88.463107
    • 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 Tate
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Tate is near Henderson County and also Weakley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley 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 Tate

Communities Also Named Tate ...

We found ten communities that are also named Tate.

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

Beyond Tennessee, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Wilson County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Tate [Wilson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas 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 Alabama community of Tate [Dallas County].
    • Arkansas
      • Logan County
      • This Tate is located in Logan County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<3> to the west of the Tate that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Tate.
    • Georgia
      • Pickens County
      • This Tate is located in Pickens County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Tate that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Tate.
    • Kansas
      • Linn 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 Kansas community of Tate [Linn County].
    • Nebraska
      • Pawnee County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Tate [Pawnee County].
    • New Mexico
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Tate [Union County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Tate [Rutherford County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Tate lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Tate that is located in Carroll County.
    • West Virginia
      • Braxton County
      • This Tate is located in Braxton County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Tate that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Tate.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tate ...

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.

  • Cherrywood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Cherrywood is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Cross Roads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cross Roads is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Hopewell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hopewell is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Jumbo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jumbo is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
  • Leach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Leach is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
  • Long Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Rock is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rock
  • Poplar Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Poplar Springs is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
  • Spain ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Spain is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
  • Spanish Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Spanish Grove is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Grove
  • Terry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Terry is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Williams Chapel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Williams Chapel is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Chapel

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

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

  • Huntingdon, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Tate to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 658 miles [1,058.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,099 miles [8,206 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Tate, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tate 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>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 from Point A (ie- Tate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Tate 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 Tate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9573, Longitude: -88.4631       In this case, the coordinates for Tate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.837 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.964 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.463 degrees.