Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Tennemo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tennemo and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Tennemo

• 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 Tennemo:
  • 36.160903, -89.568966
  • 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 Tennemo

• 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 Dyer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dyer County
  • Since Tennemo is near Lake County and also Pemiscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot 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 Tennemo

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tennemo ...

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.

• Big Boy Junction
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Boy Junction is located in Dyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Boy Junction
• Calvary
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Calvary is located in Dyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
• Cat Corner
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cat Corner is located in Obion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Corner
• Cottonwood Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottonwood Grove is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Grove
• Cottonwood Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
• Fourteen Bend ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Fourteen Bend is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourteen Bend
• Heloise
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Heloise is located in Dyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heloise
• Indian Mound
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Indian Mound is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound
• Kennedy
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
• Mooring
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mooring is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooring
• Mount Hope
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Hope is located in Dyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
• Owl Hoot
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Owl Hoot is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Hoot
• Richwoods
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Richwoods is located in Dyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tennemo and extending to:

• Dyersburg, which is the Seat of Dyer County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tennemo to Dyersburg, with an average speed<2> 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 155 miles [249.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 711 miles [1,144.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,261 miles [11,685.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'