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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 Pierce Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pierce Station 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 Pierce Station:
- 36.471184, -88.915638
- 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 Pierce Station
- 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 Obion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Obion County
- Since Pierce Station is near Fulton County and also Weakley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley 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 Pierce Station
Communities Also Named Pierce Station ...
We found one communities that are also named Pierce Station.
Within Tennessee, the name Pierce Station is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Pierce Station in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Brown County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pierce Station [Brown County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pierce Station ...
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.
- Camp Ground
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Ground is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
- Chambers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chambers is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Chestnut Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Glade is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Glade
- Harris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Riceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Riceville is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Sunnyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Union City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Water Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Pierce Station 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 Pierce Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pierce Station and extending to:
- Union City, which is the Seat of Obion County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pierce Station to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,494 miles [10,451.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,095 miles [8,199.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Pierce Station 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pierce Station) 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 Pierce Station 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 Pierce Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4712, Longitude: -88.9156 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.149 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.394 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.549 degrees. |
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