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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 Ramah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ramah 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 Ramah:
    • 35.077304, -87.329741
    • 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 Ramah
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Ramah is near Giles County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Ramah

Communities Also Named Ramah ...

We found seven communities that are also named Ramah.

Within Tennessee, the name Ramah is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Conecuh County
      • This Ramah is located in Conecuh County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the south of the Ramah that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conecuh County community of Ramah.
    • Colorado
      • El Paso County
      • This Ramah is located in El Paso County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ramah that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Ramah.
    • Louisiana
      • Iberville Parish
      • This Ramah is located in Iberville Parish and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ramah that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Ramah.
    • New Mexico
      • McKinley County
      • This Ramah is located in McKinley County and lies 1,193 miles [1,919.9 km]<1> to the west of the Ramah that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Ramah.
      • Valencia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Ramah [Valencia County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Ramah lies 1,972 miles [3,173.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ramah that is located in Lawrence County.
    • Texas
      • Shelby County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ramah [Shelby County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramah ...

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.

  • Center Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Center Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
  • Five Points
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Points is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Idaho
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Idaho is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho
  • Liberty Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
  • Peach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Peach is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach
  • Peppertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Peppertown is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertown
  • Pleasant Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
  • Shady Grove ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shady Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Springers Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Springers Station is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springers Station
  • Union Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Union Hill is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

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

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

  • Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Ramah to Lawrenceburg, 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 625 miles [1,005.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,090 miles [8,191.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ramah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Ramah 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.
<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 Ramah 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 Ramah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0773, Longitude: -87.3297       In this case, the coordinates for Ramah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.086 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.976 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.174 degrees.