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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 Shadowlawn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shadowlawn and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Shadowlawn:
    • 35.105369, -90.048147
    • 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 Shadowlawn
  • 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Since Shadowlawn is near Crittenden County and also DeSoto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeSoto 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 Shadowlawn

Communities Also Named Shadowlawn ...

We found three communities that are also named Shadowlawn.

Within Tennessee, the name Shadowlawn is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Shadowlawn is located in Hillsborough County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the southeast of the Shadowlawn that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Shadowlawn.
      • Pinellas 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 Florida community of Shadowlawn [Pinellas County].
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • This Shadowlawn is located in Cumberland County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the east of the Shadowlawn that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Shadowlawn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shadowlawn ...

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.

  • Chickasaw Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Chickasaw Gardens is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Gardens
  • Darwin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Darwin is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
  • Goodman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Goodman is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
  • Greenlaw
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Greenlaw is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlaw
  • Hunt Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
  • Mallory
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mallory is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
  • Mound City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
  • Normal
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Normal is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
  • Rosemary Lane
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosemary Lane is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary Lane
  • Rugby
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Rugby is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
  • Stonewall Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stonewall Place is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Place

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

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

  • Memphis, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the North.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Shadowlawn to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 762 miles [1,226.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,606 miles [10,631.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,329 miles [11,794.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,205 miles [8,376.6 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- Shadowlawn) 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 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 Shadowlawn 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 Shadowlawn 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 Shadowlawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1054, Longitude: -90.0481       In this case, the coordinates for Shadowlawn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.785 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.944 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.329 degrees.