Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mooring:
  • 36.313955, -89.515909
  • 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 Mooring

• 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
  • Since Mooring is near Pemiscot County and also New Madrid 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 New Madrid 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 Mooring

Communities Also Named Mooring ...

We found one communities that are also named Mooring.

Within Tennessee, the name Mooring is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Mooring in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Texas
    • Brazos County
    • This Mooring is located in Brazos County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mooring that is located in Lake County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazos County community of Mooring.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mooring ...

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.

• Cottonwood Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cottonwood Grove is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Grove
• Edgewater Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Edgewater Beach is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
• Fourteen Bend ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fourteen Bend is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourteen Bend
• Kennedy
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
• Lake Drive
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Drive is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Drive
• Linda
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Linda is located in New Madrid County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda
• Owl City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Owl City is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
• Sunkist Beach
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
  • Estimated population in 2014: 547 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mooring and extending to:

• Tiptonville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mooring to Nashville, with an average speed<2>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 704 miles [1,133 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,525 miles [10,501 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,128 miles [8,252.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'