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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 Big Boy Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Big Boy Junction 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 Big Boy Junction:
- 36.036183, -89.499797
- 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 Big Boy Junction
- 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 Dyer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dyer County
- Since Big Boy Junction is near Lake County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Big Boy Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Boy Junction ...
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.
- Dyersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Four Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Four Points is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Jenkinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jenkinsville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkinsville
- Key Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Key Corner is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Corner
- Middle City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Mount Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Poplar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Porter Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Porter Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Gap
- Richwoods
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Stinger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stinger is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinger
- Tiger Tail
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tiger Tail is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Tail
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Big Boy Junction 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 Big Boy Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Big Boy Junction and extending to:
- Dyersburg, which is the Seat of Dyer County, lies just to the East.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Big Boy Junction to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 710 miles [1,142.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,538 miles [10,521.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,264 miles [11,690.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,140 miles [8,272 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Big Boy Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Big Boy Junction 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 Big Boy Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0362, Longitude: -89.4998 In this case, the coordinates for Big Boy Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.496 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.736 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.90 degrees. |
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