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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 Lobelville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lobelville 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 Lobelville:
- 35.765210, -87.782895
- 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 Lobelville
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Lobelville is near Hickman County and also Humphreys County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys 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 Lobelville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lobelville ...
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.
- Beardstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Blue Sky
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blue Sky is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Sky
- Bucksnort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bucksnort is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksnort
- Buffalo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Chestnut Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Crooked Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crooked Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Grandmother Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Only
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
How Far From Lobelville 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 city such as Lobelville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lobelville and extending to:
- Linden, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lobelville to Linden, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,203 miles [11,592.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,079 miles [8,173.9 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lobelville) 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 Lobelville 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 Lobelville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7652, Longitude: -87.7829 In this case, the coordinates for Lobelville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.401 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.435 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.212 degrees. |
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