Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Lott Landing:
  • 35.399242, -88.093365
  • 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 Lott Landing

• 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
  • Since Lott Landing is near Decatur County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Lott Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lott Landing ...

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.

• Bath Springs
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bath Springs is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Springs
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath Springs <1>
• Farmers Union Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Farmers Union Landing is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Union Landing
• Grandview
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Grandview is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
• Havana
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Havana is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
• James Ferry
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • James Ferry is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Ferry
• Pleasant Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Pleasant Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
• Point Pleasant
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Point Pleasant is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
• Porter Ford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Porter Ford is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Ford
• Red Walnut
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Walnut is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Walnut
• Stringtown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stringtown is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
• Swift
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Swift is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
  • Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
• Unity
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Unity is located in Decatur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity

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

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

• Savannah, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lott Landing to Savannah, 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 90 miles [144.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 654 miles [1,052.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,514 miles [10,483.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,233 miles [11,640.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,108 miles [8,220.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'