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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 Hood Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hood Lake 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 Hood Lake:
    • 35.213136, -87.333906
    • 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 Hood Lake
  • 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 Hood Lake is near Giles County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Hood Lake

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hood Lake ...

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 south)
    • Center Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
  • Crewstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Crewstown is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewstown
  • Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Crossroads is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Flatwoods
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
  • Gum Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gum Springs is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
  • Hickory Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hickory Heights is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Heights
  • Long Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Branch is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Mars Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mars Hill is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
  • Meadowview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Meadowview is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Park Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Park Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
  • Pea Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Pleasant Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Red Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Hill is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
    • Seven ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Seven is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven
    • Shady Grove ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Shady Grove is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Spring Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Spring Creek is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Springers Station
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Springers Station is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Station

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

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

  • Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the North.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Hood Lake 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 4 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 621 miles [999.4 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 6,492 miles [10,447.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,209 miles [11,601.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hood Lake) 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 Hood Lake 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 Hood Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2131, Longitude: -87.3339       In this case, the coordinates for Hood Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.095 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.006 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.145 degrees.