Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Lancelot Acres:
  • 35.183692, -87.053620
  • 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 Lancelot Acres

• 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 Giles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
  • Since Lancelot Acres is near Lawrence County and also Limestone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone 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 Lancelot Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lancelot Acres ...

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
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Blooming Grove is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
• Crescent View
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Crescent View is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent View
• Five Points
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Five Points is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Goodspring
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Goodspring is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodspring
• Gordon
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Gordon is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
• Green Acres
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Green Acres is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
• Green Field
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Green Field is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
• Krapp Spring
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Krapp Spring is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krapp Spring
• Oak Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Grove is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Riversburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Riversburg is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riversburg
• Sugartree Ford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sugartree Ford is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree Ford

How Far From Lancelot Acres to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lancelot Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Pulaski, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Lancelot Acres to Nashville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 608 miles [978.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,073 miles [8,164.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'