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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 Pebble Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pebble Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Pebble Hill:
    • 35.099251, -88.425044
    • 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 Pebble Hill
  • 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 Pebble Hill is near Hardin County and also Alcorn 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 Alcorn 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 Pebble Hill

Communities Also Named Pebble Hill ...

We found four communities that are also named Pebble Hill.

Within Tennessee, the name Pebble Hill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Wilcox County
      • This Pebble Hill is located in Wilcox County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pebble Hill that is located in McNairy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Pebble Hill.
    • Georgia
      • Brooks County
      • This Pebble Hill is located in Brooks County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pebble Hill that is located in McNairy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooks County community of Pebble Hill.
      • Thomas County
      • This Pebble Hill is located in Thomas County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km] to the southeast of the Pebble Hill that is located in McNairy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thomas County community of Pebble Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Pebble Hill [Bucks County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pebble Hill ...

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.

  • Chambers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Chambers is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
  • Falcon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Falcon is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
  • Gravel Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Gravel Hill is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Guys
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Guys is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
  • Hickory Flats
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Flats is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flats
  • Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Liberty is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Needmore
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Needmore is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Nixon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Nixon is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
  • Pickwick Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Pickwick Ferry is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Ferry
  • Purdy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Purdy is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
  • Slab Town ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Slab Town is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
  • Tucker Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Tucker Landing is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Landing

How Far From Pebble Hill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pebble Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Selmer, which is the Seat of McNairy County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pebble Hill to Selmer, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 679 miles [1,092.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,261 miles [11,685.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,136 miles [8,265.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pebble Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Pebble Hill 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>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 Pebble Hill 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 Pebble Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0993, Longitude: -88.4250       In this case, the coordinates for Pebble Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.765 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.764 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.632 degrees.