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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 Scribner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scribner 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 Scribner:
- 35.502151, -86.946223
- 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 Scribner
- 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 Scribner is near Marshall County and also Giles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Giles 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 Scribner
Communities Also Named Scribner ...
We found four communities that are also named Scribner.
Within Tennessee, the name Scribner is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Humboldt 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 California community of Scribner [Humboldt County].
- Minnesota
- Beltrami County
- This Scribner is located in Beltrami County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Scribner that is located in Maury County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beltrami County community of Scribner.
- Nebraska
- Dodge County
- This Scribner is located in Dodge County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Scribner that is located in Maury County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Scribner.
- Washington
- Spokane County
- This Scribner is located in Spokane County and lies 1,769 miles [2,846.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Scribner that is located in Maury County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spokane County community of Scribner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scribner ...
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.
- Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Creek Side
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Creek Side is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Side
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cuba is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Globe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Holland Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holland Ford is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Ford
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lickskillet ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lickskillet is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Park Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Park Station is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Station
- Pleasant Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rock Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Springs is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Silver Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Union Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Grove is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
How Far From Scribner 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 Scribner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Scribner and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the Seat of Maury County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Scribner to Columbia, 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 46 miles [74 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 592 miles [952.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,179 miles [11,553.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,055 miles [8,135.2 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 Scribner 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scribner) 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 Scribner 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 Scribner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5022, Longitude: -86.9462 In this case, the coordinates for Scribner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.87 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.786 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.915 degrees. |
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