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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 Rascal Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rascal Town 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 Rascal Town:
- 35.007362, -87.442228
- 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 Rascal Town
- 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 Rascal Town is near Lauderdale County and also Wayne 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 Wayne 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 Rascal Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rascal Town ...
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.
- Clack Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clack Branch is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clack Branch
- Green Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Palestine ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Peppertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peppertown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertown
- Posey ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Posey is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sweet Gum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Gum is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Gum
- Wolf Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wolf Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
How Far From Rascal Town to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rascal Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rascal Town and extending to:
- Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rascal Town to Lawrenceburg, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 87 miles [140 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 633 miles [1,018.7 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- 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).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,098 miles [8,204.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Rascal Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Rascal Town 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 Rascal Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0074, Longitude: -87.4422 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.151 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.042 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.236 degrees. |
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