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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 Ledbetter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ledbetter 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 Ledbetter:
    • 35.934510, -88.729226
    • 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 Ledbetter
  • 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 Gibson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson County
    • Since Ledbetter is near Carroll County and also Henderson 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 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 Ledbetter

Communities Also Named Ledbetter ...

We found five communities that are also named Ledbetter.

Within Tennessee, the name Ledbetter is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Talladega County
      • This Ledbetter is located in Talladega County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Ledbetter that is located in Gibson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Ledbetter.
    • Georgia
      • Muscogee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ledbetter [Muscogee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Livingston County
      • This Ledbetter is located in Livingston County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the north of the Ledbetter that is located in Gibson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Ledbetter.
    • North Carolina
      • Richmond County
      • This Ledbetter is located in Richmond County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the east of the Ledbetter that is located in Gibson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Ledbetter.
    • Texas
      • Fayette County
      • This Ledbetter is located in Fayette County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ledbetter that is located in Gibson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Ledbetter.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ledbetter ...

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.

  • Goat City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Goat City is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat City
  • Graball
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Graball is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
  • Holly Leaf
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Holly Leaf is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Leaf
  • Hopewell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hopewell is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Hughes Loop
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hughes Loop is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Loop
  • Idlewild
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Idlewild is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • New Enterprise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • New Enterprise is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
  • Terry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Terry is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Tuckers Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuckers Corner is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Corner
  • Union Central
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Central is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ledbetter and extending to:

  • Trenton, which is the Seat of Gibson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ledbetter to Trenton, 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 110 miles [177 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 672 miles [1,081.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,112 miles [8,227 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ledbetter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Ledbetter 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.
<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 Ledbetter 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 Ledbetter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9345, Longitude: -88.7292       In this case, the coordinates for Ledbetter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.003 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.153 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.584 degrees.