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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 Lipe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lipe 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 Lipe:
- 36.040893, -88.179485
- 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 Lipe
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Lipe is near Carroll County and also Henry 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 Henry 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 Lipe
Communities Also Named Lipe ...
We found one communities that are also named Lipe.
Within Tennessee, the name Lipe is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Lipe in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Rowan 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 North Carolina community of Lipe [Rowan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lipe ...
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.
- Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Halls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Halls is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Hollow Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pond Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pond Branch is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Branch
- Post Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Post Oak is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Prospect
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Prospect is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Sandy Bridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sandy Bridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bridge
- Sandy Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Tin Cup
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tin Cup is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Cup
How Far From Lipe 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 Lipe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lipe and extending to:
- Camden, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lipe to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 641 miles [1,031.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,208 miles [11,600.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 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 Lipe 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lipe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lipe 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 Lipe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0409, Longitude: -88.1795 In this case, the coordinates for Lipe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.663 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.775 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.321 degrees. |
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