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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 Jeannette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jeannette and the surrounding area.
- 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 Jeannette:
- 35.741854, -88.099442
- 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 Jeannette
- 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 Decatur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur County
- Since Jeannette is near Perry County and also Henderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson 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 Jeannette
Communities Also Named Jeannette ...
We found five communities that are also named Jeannette.
Within Tennessee, the name Jeannette is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Crittenden County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Jeannette [Crittenden County].
- Mississippi
- Adams County
- This Jeannette is located in Adams County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Jeannette that is located in Decatur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Jeannette.
- Ontario
- This Jeannette lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Jeannette that is located in Decatur County.
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- This Jeannette is located in Westmoreland County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Jeannette that is located in Decatur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Jeannette.
- Texas
- Jack County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jeannette [Jack County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jeannette ...
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.
- Bible Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bible Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Hill
- Cherokee Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Heights is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
- Christian Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Christian Chapel is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Chapel
- Five Forks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Forks is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Hickory Forks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Forks is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forks
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hydro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hydro is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Parsons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Poplar Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Sugar Tree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Toms Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Toms Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek
- Yellow Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yellow Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Springs
How Far From Jeannette 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 Jeannette to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jeannette and extending to:
- Decaturville, which is the Seat of Decatur County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Jeannette to Decaturville, with an average speed<4> 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 644 miles [1,036.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,093 miles [8,196.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Jeannette could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jeannette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Jeannette 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 Jeannette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7419, Longitude: -88.0994 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.598 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.658 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.353 degrees. |
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