Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Liners:
  • 36.382275, -87.571126
  • 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 Liners

• 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
  • Since Liners is near Stewart County and also Houston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Stewart County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Houston 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 Liners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Liners ...

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.

• Cave Spring
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cave Spring is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
• Denmark
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Denmark is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
• Dolomite
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Dolomite is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolomite
• Erin
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Erin is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erin <1>
• Hackberry
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hackberry is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
• Hematite
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hematite is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
• Louise
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Louise is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
• Marion
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Marion is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
• Marthas Chapel
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Marthas Chapel is located in Dickson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marthas Chapel
• Needmore
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Needmore is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Sailors Rest ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sailors Rest is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailors Rest
• Stony Point
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Stony Point is located in Dickson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
• Stringtown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Stringtown is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
• Yellow Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Yellow Creek is located in Houston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Liners and extending to:

• Clarksville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Liners to Clarksville, 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 four to five hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 601 miles [967.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,042 miles [8,114.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'