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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 Yukon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yukon 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 Yukon:
    • 35.074806, -86.665831
    • 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 Yukon
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Yukon is near Madison County and also Giles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles 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 Yukon

Communities Also Named Yukon ...

We found eight communities that are also named Yukon.

Within Tennessee, the name Yukon is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Desha County
      • This Yukon is located in Desha County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yukon that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Desha County community of Yukon.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Yukon is located in Duval County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Yukon that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Yukon.
    • Georgia
      • Gilmer County
      • This Yukon is located in Gilmer County and lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Yukon that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Yukon.
    • Missouri
      • Texas County
      • This Yukon is located in Texas County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yukon that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Yukon.
    • Oklahoma
      • Canadian County
      • This Yukon is located in Canadian County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the west of the Yukon that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Canadian County community of Yukon.
      • Kingfisher 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 Oklahoma community of Yukon [Kingfisher County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Yukon is located in Westmoreland County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Yukon that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Yukon.
    • West Virginia
      • McDowell County
      • This Yukon is located in McDowell County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Yukon that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Yukon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yukon ...

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.

  • Blanche
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Blanche is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
  • Coldwater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Harms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Harms is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
  • Highland Rim
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Highland Rim is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Rim
  • Marys Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Marys Grove is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Grove
  • Park City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Park City is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
  • Pearl City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
  • Pleasant Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Prospect
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Prospect is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Rolling Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills

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

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Yukon to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 592 miles [952.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,186 miles [11,564.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,061 miles [8,144.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yukon) 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 Yukon 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 Yukon 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 Yukon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0748, Longitude: -86.6658       In this case, the coordinates for Yukon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.678 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.506 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.896 degrees.