Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Old Lawton:
  • 35.212860, -88.469488
  • 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 Old Lawton

• 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 McNairy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McNairy County
  • Since Old Lawton is near Hardin County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 Old Lawton

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Lawton ...

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.

• Beauty Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Beauty Hill is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Hill
• Box Elder
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Box Elder is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
• Falcon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Falcon is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
• Forty Forks
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Forty Forks is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Forks
• Good Hope
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Good Hope is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
• Gravel Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Gravel Hill is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
• Hickory Flats
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hickory Flats is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flats
• Leapwood
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Leapwood is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
• Mud Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mud Creek is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
• Needmore
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Needmore is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Pebble Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pebble Hill is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill
• Purdy
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Purdy is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy

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

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

• Selmer, which is the Seat of McNairy County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Old Lawton to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,538 miles [10,521.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,258 miles [11,680.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,133 miles [8,260.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'