Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Crewstown:
  • 35.180081, -87.441130
  • 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 Crewstown

• 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 Crewstown is near Wayne County and also Giles 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 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 Crewstown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crewstown ...

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
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Center Point is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
• Clack Branch
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Clack Branch is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clack Branch
• Hood Lake
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hood Lake is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Lake
• Knob Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Knob Creek is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
• Long Branch
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Long Branch is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
• Meadowview
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Meadowview is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
• Pea Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pea Ridge is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
• Pleasant Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
• Spring Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Spring Creek is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
• Springers Station
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Springers Station is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Station

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

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

• Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Crewstown to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 627 miles [1,009.1 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 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,090 miles [8,191.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'