Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Pennine:
  • 35.636737, -84.896060
  • 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 Pennine

• 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 Pennine is near Meigs County and also Bledsoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bledsoe 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 Pennine

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pennine ...

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.

• Forest Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Forest Grove is located in Meigs County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
• Hideaway Hills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hideaway Hills is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hills
• Ideal Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Ideal Valley is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal Valley
• Lorraine
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lorraine is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
• Luminary
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Luminary is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luminary
• Mars Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mars Hill is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
• Paine Spring
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Paine Spring is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paine Spring
• Peakland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Peakland is located in Meigs County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakland
• Pinhook Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Pinhook Ferry is located in Meigs County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Ferry
• Prices Ferry
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Prices Ferry is located in Meigs County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Ferry
• Rainy ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rainy is located in Bledsoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy
• Slabtown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Slabtown is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
• Spring City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring City is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,839 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring City <1>
• Wolf Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Wolf Creek is located in Rhea County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pennine and extending to:

• Dayton, which is the Seat of Rhea County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pennine to Dayton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 486 miles [782.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,372 miles [10,254.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,960 miles [7,982.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'