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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 Hensley Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hensley Ridge 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 Hensley Ridge:
    • 35.116748, -87.487521
    • 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 Hensley Ridge
  • 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 Hensley Ridge 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 Hensley Ridge

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hensley Ridge ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Clack Branch is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clack Branch
  • Corning ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • 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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Geneva is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Holly Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Holly Creek is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
  • Knob Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Knob Creek is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
  • Liberty Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
  • Long Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Branch is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Pea Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Pleasant Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
  • Rascal Town
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
  • Spring Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Spring Creek is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Springers Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Springers Station is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Station
  • Wolf Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wolf Creek is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Hensley Ridge once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hensley Ridge and extending to:

  • Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hensley Ridge to Lawrenceburg, with an average speed<3> 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 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 632 miles [1,017.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,095 miles [8,199.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hensley Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hensley Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hensley Ridge 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 Hensley Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1167, Longitude: -87.4875       In this case, the coordinates for Hensley Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.185 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.096 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.231 degrees.