Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mowd:
  • 35.718125, -87.069450
  • 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 Mowd

• 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 Maury County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Maury County
  • Since Mowd is near Williamson County and also Hickman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman 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 Mowd

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mowd ...

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.

• Bookers Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bookers Ferry is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookers Ferry
• Field Crest
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Field Crest is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crest
• Flint Valley ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Flint Valley is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Valley
• Fly
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fly is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
• Hill Town
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hill Town is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
• Idlewild
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Idlewild is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
• Loco ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Loco is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
• New Flys Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • New Flys Village is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
• Rolling Fields
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Rolling Fields is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fields
• Royal Oaks
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Royal Oaks is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
• Sawdust
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sawdust is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
  • Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
• Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
• Water Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Water Valley is located in Maury County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley

How Far From Mowd 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 Mowd 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 Mowd once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mowd and extending to:

• Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Mowd to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 592 miles [952.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,457 miles [10,391.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,175 miles [11,547 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,050 miles [8,127.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'