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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 Ore Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ore Springs 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 Ore Springs:
- 36.294781, -88.578116
- 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 Ore Springs
- 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 Weakley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley County
- Since Ore Springs is near Henry County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Ore Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ore Springs ...
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.
- Cottage Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Hill is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Hill
- Fancy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fancy is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy
- Glasgow ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glasgow is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Jewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Red Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Red Hill is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Sandhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandhill is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Tumbling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Ore Springs 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 Ore Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ore Springs and extending to:
- Dresden, which is the Seat of Weakley County, lies just to the West.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Ore Springs to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,489 miles [10,443 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,213 miles [11,608.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,089 miles [8,190 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ore Springs) 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 Ore Springs 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 Ore Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2948, Longitude: -88.5781 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.926 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.113 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.439 degrees. |
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