Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McLemoresville:
  • 35.987692, -88.576431
  • 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 McLemoresville

• 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Since McLemoresville is near Gibson County and also Weakley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley 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 McLemoresville

Curious and Interesting Names Near McLemoresville ...

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.

• Blooming Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Blooming Grove is located in Weakley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
• Cherrywood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cherrywood is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
• Christmasville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Christmasville is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmasville
• Greenhills
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Greenhills is located in Weakley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhills
• Holly Leaf
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Holly Leaf is located in Gibson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Leaf
• Hopewell
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hopewell is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Jumbo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jumbo is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
• Leach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Leach is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
• Long Rock
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Long Rock is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Rock
• Poplar Springs
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Poplar Springs is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
• Terry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Terry is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry

How Far From McLemoresville 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 town such as McLemoresville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Huntingdon, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the East.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from McLemoresville to Nashville, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 663 miles [1,067 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, 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 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,227 miles [11,630.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,103 miles [8,212.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'