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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 Wilkinstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilkinstown 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 Wilkinstown:
    • 35.628681, -88.153925
    • 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 Wilkinstown
  • 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 Decatur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur County
    • Since Wilkinstown is near Henderson County and also Perry 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 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Wilkinstown

Communities Also Named Wilkinstown ...

We found one communities that are also named Wilkinstown.

Within Tennessee, the name Wilkinstown is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Wilkinstown in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • This Wilkinstown is located in Coffee County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Wilkinstown that is located in Decatur County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Wilkinstown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilkinstown ...

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.

  • Bible Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bible Hill is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Hill
  • Five Forks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Five Forks is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Hickory Forks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Forks is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forks
  • Hopewell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hopewell is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Howard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Howard is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Mousetail ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mousetail is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
  • Parsons
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Stubblefields ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Stubblefields is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubblefields
  • Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Utah
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Utah is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utah

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

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

  • Decaturville, which is the Seat of Decatur County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Wilkinstown 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,225 miles [11,627.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,101 miles [8,209.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wilkinstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Wilkinstown 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 Wilkinstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6287, Longitude: -88.1539       In this case, the coordinates for Wilkinstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.626 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.675 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.402 degrees.