Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Paine Spring:
  • 35.574514, -85.008842
  • 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 Paine Spring

• 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 Rhea County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rhea County
  • Since Paine Spring is near Bledsoe County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bledsoe County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs 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 Paine Spring

Curious and Interesting Names Near Paine Spring ...

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.

• Edgewater
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Edgewater is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
• Five Points
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Five Points is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Friendship
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Friendship is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
• Liberty Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty Hill is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
• Luminary
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Luminary is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luminary
• Mountain View
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mountain View is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
• New Harmony
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • New Harmony is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
• Rainy ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rainy is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy
• Sentinel Heights
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sentinel Heights is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel Heights
• Summer City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
• Tucker Ferry
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Tucker Ferry is located in Meigs County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Ferry

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

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

• Dayton, which is the Seat of Rhea County, lies just to the South.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Paine Spring to Nashville, with an average speed<2>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 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 494 miles [795 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,380 miles [10,267.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,967 miles [7,993.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'