Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Memento:
  • 36.246766, -82.929047
  • 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 Memento

• 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Since Memento is near Hawkins County and also Hamblen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen 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 Memento

Curious and Interesting Names Near Memento ...

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.

• Butcher ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Butcher is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher
• Couch ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Couch is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
• Craft Spring
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Craft Spring is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft Spring
• Derby ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Derby is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
• Enterprise
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Enterprise is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
• Hull Mill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hull Mill is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Mill
• Marvin
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Marvin is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
• Meadowlark
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Meadowlark is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
• Mohawk Crossroad
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mohawk Crossroad is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Crossroad
• Mount Hope ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Hope is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
• Mount Pleasant
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Pilot Knob
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Pilot Knob is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
• Romeo
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Romeo is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
• Woodlawn
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Memento once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Memento and extending to:

• Greeneville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Memento to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,262 miles [10,077.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,847 miles [7,800.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'