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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 Lenow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lenow 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 Lenow:
- 35.186478, -89.730638
- 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 Lenow
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Lenow is near Fayette County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Lenow
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lenow ...
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.
- Bush Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bush Grove is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Grove
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Clay ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Ellendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fisherville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fisherville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pea Point ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pea Point is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Point
- Rocky Point ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rocky Point is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
How Far From Lenow 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 Lenow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lenow and extending to:
- Memphis, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Lenow to Memphis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 178 miles [286.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 744 miles [1,197.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,589 miles [10,604 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,312 miles [11,767.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,188 miles [8,349.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Lenow) 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 Lenow 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 Lenow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1865, Longitude: -89.7306 In this case, the coordinates for Lenow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.59 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.729 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.176 degrees. |
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