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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 Pyburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pyburn 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 Pyburn:
    • 35.091418, -88.254307
    • 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 Pyburn
  • 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
    • Since Pyburn is near Lauderdale County and also McNairy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McNairy 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 Pyburn

Communities Also Named Pyburn ...

We found one communities that are also named Pyburn.

Within Tennessee, the name Pyburn is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Pyburn in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Oregon
      • Benton 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 Oregon community of Pyburn [Benton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pyburn ...

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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Chambers is located in McNairy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
  • Holiday Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Nixon
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Nixon is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
  • Pickwick Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pickwick Ferry is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Ferry
  • Red Sulphur Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Red Sulphur Springs is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Sulphur Springs
  • Sand Mountain ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Sand Mountain is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Mountain
  • Slab Town ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Slab Town is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
  • Tucker Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Tucker Landing is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Landing
  • Walkertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Walkertown is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
  • Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

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

  • Savannah, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pyburn to Savannah, 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 111 miles [178.6 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 671 miles [1,079.9 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 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,254 miles [11,674.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,129 miles [8,254.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Pyburn 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pyburn) 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 Pyburn 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 Pyburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0914, Longitude: -88.2543    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.659 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.639 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.561 degrees.