Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Brown Crossroads:
  • 35.064249, -87.391409
  • 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 Brown Crossroads

• 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Since Brown Crossroads is near Lauderdale County and also Giles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Brown Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brown Crossroads ...

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.

• Center Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Center Point is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
• Clack Branch
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Clack Branch is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clack Branch
• Five Points
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Five Points is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Idaho
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Idaho is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho
• Liberty Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
  • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
• Long Branch
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Long Branch is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
• Peppertown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Peppertown is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertown
• Pleasant Point
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
• Rascal Town
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
• Slabtown ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
• Springers Station
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Springers Station is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Station
• Sweet Gum
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sweet Gum is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Gum
• Union Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Hill is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

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

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

• Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brown Crossroads to Lawrenceburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 629 miles [1,012.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,502 miles [10,464 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,093 miles [8,196.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'