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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 Peach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peach 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 Peach:
    • 35.046194, -87.224183
    • 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 Peach
  • 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 Giles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
    • Since Peach is near Lawrence County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Peach

Communities Also Named Peach ...

We found three communities that are also named Peach.

Within Tennessee, the name Peach is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Fulton County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Peach [Fulton County].
    • Iowa
      • Buena Vista County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Peach [Buena Vista County].
    • North Carolina
      • Perquimans County
      • This Peach is located in Perquimans County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<3> to the east of the Peach that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perquimans County community of Peach.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Peach ...

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.

  • Center Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Center Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
  • Fall River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fall River is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
  • Five Points
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Five Points is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Good Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Good Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
  • Grassy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Grassy is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
  • Idaho
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Idaho is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho
  • Lester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
  • Minor Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Minor Hill is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
  • Oak Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Scarce Grease
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Scarce Grease is located in Limestone County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarce Grease
  • Shady Grove ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Sugar ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sugar is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar
  • Union Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Union Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

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

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

  • Pulaski, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Peach to Pulaski, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 621 miles [999.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,211 miles [11,605 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,087 miles [8,186.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Peach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Peach could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Peach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Peach 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 Peach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0462, Longitude: -87.2242       In this case, the coordinates for Peach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.019 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.895 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.136 degrees.