Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Lutts:
  • 35.151192, -87.938085
  • 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 Lutts

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lutts ...

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.

• Big Ivy
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Big Ivy is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Ivy
• Center Star
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Center Star is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Star
• Cypress Inn
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
• Dart
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Dart is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dart
• Martins Mills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Martins Mills is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Mills
• Murphy Cross Roads
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Murphy Cross Roads is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cross Roads
• Ransom Stand
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Ransom Stand is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Stand
• Sage ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sage is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
• Stout
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Stout is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
• Victory ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Victory is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
• Woodlawn
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Woodlawn is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Lutts to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lutts to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lutts and extending to:

• Waynesboro, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lutts to Waynesboro, with an average speed<2> 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 95 miles [152.9 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 653 miles [1,050.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,519 miles [10,491.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,238 miles [11,648.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,113 miles [8,228.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'