Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Armour Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Armour Village and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Armour Village

• 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 Armour Village:
  • 35.632849, -87.158064
  • 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 Armour Village

• 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 Maury County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Maury County
  • Since Armour Village is near Hickman County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Armour Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Armour Village ...

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.

• Bookers Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bookers Ferry is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookers Ferry
• Chapel Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Estimated population in 2014: 1,461 people
• Dukes Store ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dukes Store is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Store
• Field Crest
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Field Crest is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crest
• Idlewild
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Idlewild is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
• Lovetown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lovetown is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovetown
• Pleasant Hills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hills is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
• Poplar Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Poplar Creek is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
• Poplar Top
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Poplar Top is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Top
• Rolling Fields
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rolling Fields is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fields
• Royal Oaks
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Royal Oaks is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
• Sawdust
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sawdust is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
  • Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
• Sunnyside
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunnyside is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
• Zion
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Zion is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Armour Village to ...

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

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

• Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies just to the East.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Armour Village to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 599 miles [964 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,183 miles [11,559.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,058 miles [8,140.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'