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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 Chinubee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chinubee 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 Chinubee:
    • 35.123137, -87.518633
    • 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 Chinubee
  • 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 Chinubee is near Wayne County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Chinubee

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chinubee ...

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.

  • Clack Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Clack Branch is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clack Branch
  • Corning ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Corning is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
  • Crewstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crewstown is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewstown
  • Geneva
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Geneva is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Holly Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Holly Creek is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
  • Iron City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Iron City is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
  • Knob Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Knob Creek is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
  • Light ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Light is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
  • Long Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Branch is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Moon ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Moon is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
  • Pea Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Pleasant Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Spring Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Creek is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Springers Station
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Springers Station is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Station
    • Star ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Star is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Wolf Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Wolf Creek is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek

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

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

  • Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chinubee to Lawrenceburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 82 miles [132 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 633 miles [1,018.7 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 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,096 miles [8,201.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chinubee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Chinubee 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 Chinubee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1231, Longitude: -87.5186       In this case, the coordinates for Chinubee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.205 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.119 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.243 degrees.