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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 Browns Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Browns Ferry and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Browns Ferry:
    • 35.138694, -88.317262
    • 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 Browns 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
    • Since Browns Ferry is near McNairy County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McNairy 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 Browns Ferry

Communities Also Named Browns Ferry ...

We found ten communities that are also named Browns Ferry.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Browns Ferry.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Hamilton County
      • This Browns Ferry is located in Hamilton County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the east of the Browns Ferry that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Browns Ferry.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cullman County
      • This Browns Ferry is located in Cullman County and lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Browns Ferry that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Browns Ferry.
      • Lawrence County
      • This Browns Ferry is located in Lawrence County and lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the east southeast of the Browns Ferry that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Browns Ferry.
    • Arkansas
      • Garland County
      • This Browns Ferry is located in Garland County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the west of the Browns Ferry that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garland County community of Browns Ferry.
    • Georgia
      • Camden County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Browns Ferry [Camden County].
      • Hart County
      • This Browns Ferry is located in Hart County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the east of the Browns Ferry that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hart County community of Browns Ferry.
    • Mississippi
      • Tate County
      • This Browns Ferry is located in Tate County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Browns Ferry that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tate County community of Browns Ferry.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Browns Ferry is located in Anderson County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the east of the Browns Ferry that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Browns Ferry.
      • Georgetown County
      • This Browns Ferry is located in Georgetown County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km] to the east of the Browns Ferry that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Georgetown County community of Browns Ferry.
      • Union County
      • This Browns Ferry is located in Union County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km] to the east of the Browns Ferry that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Browns Ferry.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Browns 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.

  • Box Elder
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Box Elder is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
  • Chambers
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chambers is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
  • Nixon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nixon is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
  • Pebble Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pebble Hill is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill
  • Pickwick Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pickwick Ferry is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Ferry
  • Sand Mountain ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sand Mountain is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Mountain
  • Slab Town ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Slab Town is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
  • Tucker Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tucker Landing is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Landing
  • Walkertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Walkertown is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown

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

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

  • Savannah, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Browns Ferry to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,254 miles [11,674.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,130 miles [8,255.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Browns Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Browns Ferry 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.
<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 Browns Ferry 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 Browns Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1387, Longitude: -88.3173       In this case, the coordinates for Browns Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.701 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.694 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.578 degrees.