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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 Poplar Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poplar Ridge 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 Poplar Ridge:
    • 36.207291, -89.245347
    • 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 Poplar Ridge
  • 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 Dyer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dyer County
    • Since Poplar Ridge is near Obion County and also Gibson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Obion 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 Poplar Ridge

Communities Also Named Poplar Ridge ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Poplar Ridge.

Within Tennessee, the name Poplar Ridge is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison 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 Alabama community of Poplar Ridge [Madison County].
      • Marshall County
      • This Poplar Ridge is located in Marshall County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Poplar Ridge that is located in Dyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Poplar Ridge.
    • Alberta
      • This Poplar Ridge lies 1,943 miles [3,127 km]<2> to the northwest of the Poplar Ridge that is located in Dyer County.
    • Arkansas
      • Craighead County
      • This Poplar Ridge is located in Craighead County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Poplar Ridge that is located in Dyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Poplar Ridge.
    • Illinois
      • Jackson County
      • This Poplar Ridge is located in Jackson County and lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the north of the Poplar Ridge that is located in Dyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Poplar Ridge.
      • Will County
      • This Poplar Ridge is located in Will County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km] to the north of the Poplar Ridge that is located in Dyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Poplar Ridge.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Poplar Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Poplar Ridge that is located in Dyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Poplar Ridge.
    • New York
      • Cayuga County
      • This Poplar Ridge is located in Cayuga County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Poplar Ridge that is located in Dyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Poplar Ridge.
    • North Carolina
      • Orange County
      • This Poplar Ridge is located in Orange County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<2> to the east of the Poplar Ridge that is located in Dyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Poplar Ridge.
    • Ohio
      • Darke County
      • This Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Poplar Ridge that is located in Dyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darke County community of Poplar Ridge.
    • Virginia
      • Chesapeake City
      • This Poplar Ridge is located in Chesapeake City and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<2> to the east of the Poplar Ridge that is located in Dyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Poplar Ridge.
      • Frederick County
      • This Poplar Ridge is located in Frederick County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km] to the east northeast of the Poplar Ridge that is located in Dyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Poplar Ridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poplar Ridge ...

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.

  • Cat Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cat Corner is located in Obion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Corner
  • Cloverdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cloverdale is located in Obion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Cool Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cool Springs is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
  • Glass
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Glass is located in Obion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
  • Hornbeak
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lane is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
  • Locust Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Locust Grove is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Mason Hall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mason Hall is located in Obion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Hall
  • Maxey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Maxey is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
  • Polk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Polk is located in Obion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
  • Trimble
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Trimble is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
  • Wolverine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wolverine is located in Obion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine

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

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

  • Dyersburg, which is the Seat of Dyer County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Poplar Ridge to Dyersburg, 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 137 miles [220.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 693 miles [1,115.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,121 miles [8,241.5 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Poplar Ridge 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>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 from Point A (ie- Poplar Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Poplar Ridge 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 Poplar Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2073, Longitude: -89.2453       In this case, the coordinates for Poplar Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.344 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.584 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.752 degrees.