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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 Wingo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wingo 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 Wingo:
    • 36.052477, -88.584724
    • 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 Wingo
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Wingo is near Weakley County and also Gibson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson 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 Wingo

Communities Also Named Wingo ...

We found five communities that are also named Wingo.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Henderson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wingo [Henderson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Wingo is located in Sonoma County and lies 1,858 miles [2,990.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Wingo that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Wingo.
    • Colorado
      • Pitkin County
      • This Wingo is located in Pitkin County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Wingo that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitkin County community of Wingo.
    • Kentucky
      • Graves County
      • This Wingo is located in Graves County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the north of the Wingo that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graves County community of Wingo.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Wingo [Spartanburg County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wingo ...

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.

  • Blooming Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Blooming Grove is located in Weakley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
  • Cherrywood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherrywood is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Christmasville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Christmasville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmasville
  • Greenhills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Greenhills is located in Weakley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhills
  • Holly Leaf
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Holly Leaf is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Leaf
  • Hopewell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hopewell is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Leach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Leach is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
  • Long Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Long Rock is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rock
  • Pillowville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pillowville is located in Weakley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
  • Skullbone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Skullbone is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skullbone
  • Terry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Terry is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry

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

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

  • Huntingdon, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wingo to Huntingdon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 662 miles [1,065.4 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 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,100 miles [8,207.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wingo 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.
<2>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- Wingo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Wingo 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 Wingo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0525, Longitude: -88.5847       In this case, the coordinates for Wingo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.918 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.071 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.495 degrees.