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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 Tobaccoport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tobaccoport 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 Tobaccoport:
- 36.643203, -87.886397
- 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 Tobaccoport
- 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 Stewart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stewart County
- Since Tobaccoport is near Trigg County and also Calloway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trigg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calloway 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 Tobaccoport
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tobaccoport ...
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.
- Big Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bumpus Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Golden Pond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Roaring Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roaring Spring is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Spring
- Rushing ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rushing is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushing
- Tip Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tip Top is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
How Far From Tobaccoport 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 Tobaccoport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tobaccoport and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Stewart County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tobaccoport to Dover, with an average speed<3> 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 611 miles [983.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,168 miles [11,535.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,044 miles [8,117.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tobaccoport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Tobaccoport 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 Tobaccoport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6432, Longitude: -87.8864 In this case, the coordinates for Tobaccoport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.506 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.677 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.056 degrees. |
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