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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 Screamer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Screamer 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 Screamer:
- 35.443639, -87.159835
- 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 Screamer
- 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 Maury County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maury County
- Since Screamer is near Giles County and also Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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 Screamer
Communities Also Named Screamer ...
We found one communities that are also named Screamer.
Within Tennessee, the name Screamer is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Screamer in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Henry County
- This Screamer is located in Henry County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Screamer that is located in Maury County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Screamer.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Screamer ...
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.
- Arrow
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Arrow is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow
- Big Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Carpenters ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carpenters is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters
- Enterprise
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Jonestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Porters
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Porters is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Red Row
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Red Row is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Row
- Rich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rich is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
- Rockdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rockdale is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Sandy Hook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
How Far From Screamer to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Screamer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Screamer and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Screamer to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 53 miles [85.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 605 miles [973.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,191 miles [11,572.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,066 miles [8,152.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Screamer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Screamer 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 Screamer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4436, Longitude: -87.1598 In this case, the coordinates for Screamer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.999 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.927 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.019 degrees. |
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