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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 Yellow Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yellow Springs 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 Yellow Springs:
    • 35.810898, -88.123093
    • 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 Yellow Springs
  • 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 Yellow Springs is near Benton County and also Henderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson 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 Yellow Springs

Communities Also Named Yellow Springs ...

We found seven communities that are also named Yellow Springs.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Yellow Springs.

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Claiborne County
      • This Yellow Springs is located in Claiborne County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the east of the Yellow Springs that is located in Decatur County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Yellow Springs.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Douglas 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 Kansas community of Yellow Springs [Douglas County].
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Yellow Springs is located in Frederick County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Yellow Springs that is located in Decatur County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Yellow Springs.
    • Ohio
      • Greene County
      • This Yellow Springs is located in Greene County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Yellow Springs that is located in Decatur County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Yellow Springs.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester 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 Pennsylvania community of Yellow Springs [Chester County].
      • Dauphin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Yellow Springs [Dauphin County].
    • Virginia
      • Washington 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 Virginia community of Yellow Springs [Washington County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yellow Springs ...

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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bible Hill is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Hill
  • Chaseville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Chaseville is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
  • Cherokee Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherokee Heights is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
  • Christian Chapel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Christian Chapel is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Chapel
  • Five Forks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Five Forks is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Hydro
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hydro is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
  • Maple Creek ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Maple Creek is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
  • Poplar Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
  • Sugar Tree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
  • Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Toms Creek ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Toms Creek is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek

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

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

  • Decaturville, which is the Seat of Decatur County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Yellow Springs to Decaturville, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 644 miles [1,036.4 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 6,495 miles [10,452.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,216 miles [11,613 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,091 miles [8,193.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yellow Springs) 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 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 Yellow Springs 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 Yellow Springs 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 Yellow Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8109, Longitude: -88.1231       In this case, the coordinates for Yellow Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.616 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.689 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.348 degrees.