Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bookers Ferry:
  • 35.645627, -87.051394
  • 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 Bookers Ferry

• 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 Bookers Ferry is near Williamson County and also Hickman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman 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 Bookers Ferry

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bookers Ferry ...

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.

• Creek Side
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Creek Side is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Side
• Dukes Store ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dukes Store is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Store
• Field Crest
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Field Crest is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crest
• Flint Valley ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Flint Valley is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Valley
• Idlewild
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Idlewild is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
• Match
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Match is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Match
• Pleasant Hills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Hills is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
• Poplar Top
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Poplar Top is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Top
• Rolling Fields
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Rolling Fields is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fields
• Royal Oaks
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Royal Oaks is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
• Sunnyside
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sunnyside is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
• Union Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Grove is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
• Zion
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Zion is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

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

• Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Bookers Ferry to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 593 miles [954.3 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 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,177 miles [11,550.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,053 miles [8,132 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'