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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 Wilkinsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilkinsville 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 Wilkinsville:
- 35.403236, -89.896887
- 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 Wilkinsville
- 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 Tipton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tipton County
- Since Wilkinsville is near Shelby County and also Mississippi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi 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 Wilkinsville
Communities Also Named Wilkinsville ...
We found three communities that are also named Wilkinsville.
Within Tennessee, the name Wilkinsville is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Jackson County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Wilkinsville [Jackson County].
- South Carolina
- Cherokee County
- This Wilkinsville is located in Cherokee County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<2> to the east of the Wilkinsville that is located in Tipton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Wilkinsville.
- Union County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Wilkinsville [Union County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilkinsville ...
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.
- Beaver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Black Cat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Black Cat is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Cat
- Crosstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crosstown is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosstown
- Cuba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deans Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Deans Island is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Island
- Egypt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Griffin Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin Corner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Corner
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Jester ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jester is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
- Little John
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little John is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little John
- Locke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Locke is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Lucy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Peckerwood Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Peckerwood Point is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peckerwood Point
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Towering Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Towering Heights is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towering Heights
- Williams Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Chapel is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Chapel
How Far From Wilkinsville 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 Wilkinsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilkinsville and extending to:
- Covington, which is the Seat of Tipton County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wilkinsville to Covington, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 746 miles [1,200.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,585 miles [10,597.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,309 miles [11,762.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,185 miles [8,344.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wilkinsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Wilkinsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Wilkinsville 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wilkinsville 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 Wilkinsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4032, Longitude: -89.8969 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.709 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.897 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.205 degrees. |
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