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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 Walkertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walkertown 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 Walkertown:
    • 35.185360, -88.243371
    • 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 Walkertown
  • 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
    • Since Walkertown is near McNairy County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McNairy County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Walkertown

Communities Also Named Walkertown ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Walkertown.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Greene County
      • This Walkertown is located in Greene County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Walkertown that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Walkertown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon 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 Walkertown [Bourbon County].
    • Kentucky
      • Perry County
      • This Walkertown is located in Perry County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Walkertown that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Walkertown.
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • This Walkertown is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Walkertown that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Walkertown.
    • Maryland
      • Talbot County
      • This Walkertown is located in Talbot County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Walkertown that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Walkertown.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • This Walkertown is located in Buncombe County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the east of the Walkertown that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Walkertown.
      • Forsyth County
      • This Walkertown is located in Forsyth County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km] to the east of the Walkertown that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Walkertown.
      • Harnett County
      • This Walkertown is located in Harnett County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km] to the east of the Walkertown that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harnett County community of Walkertown.
      • Rowan 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 North Carolina community of Walkertown [Rowan County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • McKean County
      • This Walkertown is located in McKean County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Walkertown that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Walkertown.
      • Washington County
      • This Walkertown is located in Washington County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km] to the northeast of the Walkertown that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Walkertown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walkertown ...

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.

  • Box Elder
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Box Elder is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
  • Bucktown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bucktown is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
  • Centerview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerview is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
    • Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
  • Economy ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Economy is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
  • Mays Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mays Ferry is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Ferry
  • Nelsons Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Nelsons Ferry is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
  • Nixon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Nixon is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
  • Oak Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pickwick Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pickwick Ferry is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Ferry
  • Sand Mountain ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sand Mountain is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Mountain
  • Tucker Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Tucker Landing is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Landing

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

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

  • Savannah, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies just to the North.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Walkertown to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 668 miles [1,075 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,124 miles [8,246.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Walkertown) 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 Walkertown 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 Walkertown 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 Walkertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1854, Longitude: -88.2434       In this case, the coordinates for Walkertown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.657 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.651 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.537 degrees.