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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 Tarpley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tarpley 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 Tarpley:
    • 35.142303, -86.993340
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Tarpley
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Tarpley ...

We found three communities that share the name Tarpley.

There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Tarpley.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Grundy 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 Tarpley [Grundy County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Tarpley is located in Jefferson County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the south of the Tarpley that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Tarpley.
    • Texas
      • Bandera County
      • This Tarpley is located in Bandera County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Tarpley that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bandera County community of Tarpley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tarpley ...

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blooming Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
    • Blooming Grove is located in Giles County
  • Crescent View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent View
    • Crescent View is located in Giles County
  • Five Points
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Giles County
  • Goodspring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodspring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodspring
    • Goodspring is located in Giles County
  • Gordon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Gordon is located in Giles County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
    • Green Acres is located in Giles County
  • Green Field
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
    • Green Field is located in Giles County
  • Lesters
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lesters have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesters
    • Lesters is located in Giles County
  • Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Liberty is located in Giles County
  • Sugartree Ford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugartree Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree Ford
    • Sugartree Ford is located in Giles County

How Far From Tarpley to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tarpley to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Pulaski, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Tarpley to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 606 miles [975.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,073 miles [8,164.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tarpley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Giles County: www.gilescounty-tn.us/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

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 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 Tarpley 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tarpley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tarpley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1423, Longitude: -86.9933       In this case, the coordinates for Tarpley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Tarpley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.882 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.75 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.018 degrees.









 

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