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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 The Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Village 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 The Village:
    • 35.120090, -89.921755
    • 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 The Village
  • 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Since The Village is near Crittenden County and also DeSoto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeSoto 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 The Village

Communities Also Named The Village ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named The Village.

Within Tennessee, the name The Village is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Perry County
      • This The Village is located in Perry County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the The Village that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of The Village.
    • Arkansas
      • Columbia County
      • This The Village is located in Columbia County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the The Village that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of The Village.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This The Village is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,549 miles [2,492.9 km]<1> to the west of the The Village that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of The Village.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This The Village is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the The Village that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of The Village.
      • Baltimore County
      • This The Village is located in Baltimore County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km] to the east northeast of the The Village that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of The Village.
      • Prince George's County
      • This The Village is located in Prince George's County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km] to the east northeast of the The Village that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of The Village.
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • This The Village is located in Wood County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Village that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of The Village.
    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma County
      • This The Village is located in Oklahoma County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the west of the The Village that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma County community of The Village.
      • Payne 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 Oklahoma community of The Village [Payne County].
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This The Village is located in Charleston County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the The Village that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of The Village.
    • Texas
      • 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 Texas community of The Village [Dallas County].
      • Midland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of The Village [Midland County].
    • Virginia
      • Northumberland County
      • This The Village is located in Northumberland County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the The Village that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of The Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Village ...

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.

  • Booth ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Booth is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
  • Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Chickasaw Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Chickasaw Gardens is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Gardens
  • Clay ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Clay is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
  • Egypt
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Egypt is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Greenlaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Greenlaw is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlaw
  • Greenlawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Greenlawn is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
  • Hunt Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
  • Mallory
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mallory is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Normal
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Normal is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
    • Oak Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Grove is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Rosemary Lane
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Rosemary Lane is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary Lane
    • Rugby
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rugby is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
    • Shadowlawn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Shadowlawn is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowlawn
    • Stonewall Place
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Stonewall Place is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Place

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

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

  • Memphis, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from The Village to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 756 miles [1,216.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,323 miles [11,785.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,199 miles [8,367 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- The Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 The Village 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>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 The Village 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 The Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1201, Longitude: -89.9218       In this case, the coordinates for The Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.706 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.855 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.272 degrees.