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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 Wingate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wingate 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 Wingate:
    • 36.545881, -87.297785
    • 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 Wingate
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Wingate is near Christian County and also Todd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Todd 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 Wingate

Communities Also Named Wingate ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Wingate.

Within Tennessee, the name Wingate is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Montgomery County
      • This Wingate is located in Montgomery County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the north of the Wingate that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Wingate.
    • Kansas
      • Butler County
      • This Wingate is located in Butler County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the west of the Wingate that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Wingate.
    • Maryland
      • Dorchester County
      • This Wingate is located in Dorchester County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wingate that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Wingate.
      • Frederick County
      • This Wingate is located in Frederick County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km] to the east northeast of the Wingate that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Wingate.
    • Mississippi
      • Perry County
      • This Wingate is located in Perry County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Wingate that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Wingate.
    • Missouri
      • Cass County
      • This Wingate is located in Cass County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wingate that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Wingate.
    • New Mexico
      • Bernalillo 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 New Mexico community of Wingate [Bernalillo County].
      • McKinley County
      • This Wingate is located in McKinley County and lies 1,186 miles [1,908.7 km]<1> to the west of the Wingate that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Wingate.
    • North Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Wingate is located in Union County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wingate that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Wingate.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre County
      • This Wingate is located in Centre County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wingate that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Wingate.
    • Texas
      • Runnels County
      • This Wingate is located in Runnels County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wingate that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Runnels County community of Wingate.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wingate ...

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.

  • Cedarbrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
  • Eastern Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Eastern Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Hills
  • Endsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Endsville is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endsville
  • Georgetown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Georgetown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Grasslands
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Grasslands is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasslands
  • Maplewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Maplewood is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Meadow Lane
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Meadow Lane is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
  • River Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • River Run is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
  • Rudolphtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Rudolphtown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolphtown
  • Shady Bluff
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Shady Bluff is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bluff
  • Swan Lake Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
  • Willow Bend
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Willow Bend is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend

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

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

  • Clarksville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Wingate to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 583 miles [938.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,148 miles [11,503.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,023 miles [8,083.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Wingate) 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 Wingate 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 Wingate 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 Wingate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5459, Longitude: -87.2978       In this case, the coordinates for Wingate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.132 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.233 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.821 degrees.