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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 Mengelwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mengelwood 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 Mengelwood:
- 36.045506, -89.544223
- 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 Mengelwood
- 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 Dyer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dyer County
- Since Mengelwood is near Pemiscot County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot 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 Mengelwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mengelwood ...
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 Boy Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Big Boy Junction is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Boy Junction
- Chic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chic is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chic
- Cottonwood Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Dyersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Heloise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Heloise is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heloise
- Jenkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jenkinsville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkinsville
- Key Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Key Corner is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Corner
- Michell ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Michell is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michell
- Middle City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Mount Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Richwoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stinger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stinger is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinger
- Tiger Tail
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tiger Tail is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Tail
- Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Mengelwood 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 Mengelwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mengelwood and extending to:
- Dyersburg, which is the Seat of Dyer County, lies just to the East.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mengelwood to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 712 miles [1,145.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,540 miles [10,525.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,265 miles [11,691.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,141 miles [8,273.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mengelwood) 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 Mengelwood 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 Mengelwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0455, Longitude: -89.5442 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.525 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.771 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.918 degrees. |
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