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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 Little John, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little John 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 Little John:
    • 35.308698, -89.992033
    • 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 Little John
  • 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 Little John is near Tipton County and also Mississippi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tipton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi 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 Little John

Communities Also Named Little John ...

We found one communities that are also named Little John.

Within Tennessee, the name Little John is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Little John in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Little John is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Little John that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Little John.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little John ...

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.

  • Cuba
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cuba is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Deans Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Deans Island is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Island
  • Egypt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Egypt is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Felts
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Felts is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felts
  • Griffin Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Griffin Corner is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Corner
  • Island Forty
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Island Forty is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Forty
  • Jester ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jester is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
  • Locke
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Locke is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
  • Lucy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lucy is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
  • Prosperity
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Prosperity is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
  • Redman Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Redman Point is located in Crittenden County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Point
  • Rugby
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Rugby is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
  • Williams Chapel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Williams Chapel is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Chapel

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

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

  • Memphis, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little John to Memphis, with an average speed<2> 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 189 miles [304.2 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 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 754 miles [1,213.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,318 miles [11,777.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,193 miles [8,357.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little John) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Little John 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 Little John. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3087, Longitude: -89.9920       In this case, the coordinates for Little John have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.763 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.947 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.265 degrees.