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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 Winton Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winton Town 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 Winton Town:
    • 35.473132, -85.916372
    • 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 Winton Town
  • 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
    • Since Winton Town is near Grundy County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Winton Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Winton Town ...

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.

  • Black Jack
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Black Jack is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
  • Calls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Calls is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calls
  • Chestnut Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Dawn ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dawn is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
  • Dixie ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dixie is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Elkhead
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Elkhead is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhead
  • Forest Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
  • Fountain Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fountain Grove is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
  • Glen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Glen is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
  • Glenview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Glenview is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
  • Mud Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mud Creek is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
  • Prairie Plains
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Prairie Plains is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Plains
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Ragsdale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Ragsdale is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
    • Royal Oaks
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
    • Shady Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Shady Grove is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Summitville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Summitville is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Winton Town and extending to:

  • Manchester, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Winton Town to Manchester, with an average speed<2> 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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 542 miles [872.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,422 miles [10,335.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,136 miles [11,484.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,011 miles [8,064.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Winton Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Winton Town 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 Winton Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4731, Longitude: -85.9164       In this case, the coordinates for Winton Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.238 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.053 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.489 degrees.