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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 Pillowville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pillowville 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 Pillowville:
- 36.152563, -88.661446
- 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 Pillowville
- 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 Weakley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley County
- Since Pillowville is near Carroll County and also Gibson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gibson 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 Pillowville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pillowville ...
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.
- Blooming Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Christmasville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Christmasville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmasville
- Greenfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenhills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhills is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhills
- Holly Leaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holly Leaf is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Leaf
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Sandhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sandhill is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Skullbone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Skullbone is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skullbone
- Tumbling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
How Far From Pillowville 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 Pillowville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pillowville and extending to:
- Dresden, which is the Seat of Weakley County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pillowville to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 663 miles [1,067 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,223 miles [11,624.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,099 miles [8,206 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Pillowville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pillowville 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 Pillowville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1526, Longitude: -88.6614 In this case, the coordinates for Pillowville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.972 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.146 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.507 degrees. |
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