Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Taylortown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Taylortown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Taylortown
- 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 Taylortown:
- 35.932563, -87.729467
- 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 Taylortown
- 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 Humphreys County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Humphreys County
- Since Taylortown is near Hickman County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hickman County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Taylortown ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Taylortown.
There are three communities within Tennessee that are also named Taylortown.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Dickson County
- This Taylortown is located in Dickson County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Taylortown that is located in Humphreys County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Taylortown.
- Franklin County
- This Taylortown is located in Franklin County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Taylortown that is located in Humphreys County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Taylortown.
- Lincoln County
- This Taylortown is located in Lincoln County and lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Taylortown that is located in Humphreys County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Taylortown.
- Dickson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Taylortown is located in New Castle County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Taylortown that is located in Humphreys County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Taylortown.
- Kentucky
- Ohio 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 Kentucky community of Taylortown [Ohio County].
- Louisiana
- Bossier Parish
- This Taylortown is located in Bossier Parish and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Humphreys County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Taylortown.
- Union Parish
- This Taylortown is located in Union Parish and lies 343 miles [552 km] to the southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Humphreys County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union Parish community of Taylortown.
- Missouri
- Saint Francois County
- Although located in Saint Francois County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francois County community of Taylortown.
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- This Taylortown is located in Morris County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Taylortown that is located in Humphreys County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Taylortown.
- New York
- Otsego County
- This Taylortown is located in Otsego County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Taylortown that is located in Humphreys County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Taylortown.
- North Carolina
- Moore County
- This Taylortown is located in Moore County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the east of the Taylortown that is located in Humphreys County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Taylortown.
- Ohio
- Jefferson County
- This Taylortown is located in Jefferson County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the northeast of the Taylortown that is located in Humphreys County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Taylortown.
- Richland County
- This Taylortown is located in Richland County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km] to the northeast of the Taylortown that is located in Humphreys County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Taylortown.
- Pennsylvania
- Greene 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 Pennsylvania community of Taylortown [Greene County].
- Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Taylortown ...
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.
- Bold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Spring
- Bold Spring is located in Humphreys County
- Bucksnort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Cedar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Humphreys County
- Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Grandmother Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandmother Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Hurricane Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Mills
- Hurricane Mills is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurricane Mills <4>
- Only
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Only
- Only is located in Hickman County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Only <4>
- Water Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Water Valley is located in Humphreys County
How Far From Taylortown 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 Taylortown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Taylortown and extending to:
- Waverly, which is the Seat of Humphreys County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Taylortown to Waverly, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 620 miles [997.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,194 miles [11,577.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,069 miles [8,157.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Taylortown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Taylortown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Taylortown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9326, Longitude: -87.7295 In this case, the coordinates for Taylortown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Taylortown 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> | 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 Taylortown 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 314.376 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.429 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.151 degrees. |