Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Crowley Store:
  • 36.136730, -88.692836
  • 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 Crowley Store

• 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 Weakley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley County
  • Since Crowley Store is near Carroll County and also Gibson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson 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 Crowley Store

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crowley Store ...

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.

• Blooming Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Blooming Grove is located in Weakley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
• Christmasville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Christmasville is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmasville
• Greenfield
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Greenfield is located in Weakley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenfield <1>
• Greenhills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Greenhills is located in Weakley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhills
• Holly Leaf
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Holly Leaf is located in Gibson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Leaf
• Liberty
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Liberty is located in Weakley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Pillowville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pillowville is located in Weakley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
  • Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
• Sandhill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sandhill is located in Weakley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
• Skullbone
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Skullbone is located in Gibson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skullbone

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crowley Store and extending to:

• Dresden, which is the Seat of Weakley County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Crowley Store to Dresden, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 665 miles [1,070.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
• The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,225 miles [11,627.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,101 miles [8,209.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'