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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 Weakley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Weakley 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 Weakley:
- 35.264306, -87.188544
- 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 Weakley
- 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 Giles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
- Since Weakley is near Lawrence County and also Maury County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maury 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 Weakley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Weakley ...
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 Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Big Creek is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Brace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brace is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brace
- Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crossroads is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Fall River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Flatwoods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Goodspring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goodspring is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodspring
- Gordon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Green Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Gum Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Hickory Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hickory Heights is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Heights
- Hood Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hood Lake is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Lake
- Jonestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jonestown is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Liberty Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mars Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mars Hill is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Meadowview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Meadowview is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Rich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rich is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
- Riversburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Riversburg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riversburg
- Seven ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Seven is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven
- Three Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Three Oaks is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
How Far From Weakley 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 Weakley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Weakley and extending to:
- Pulaski, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Weakley to Pulaski, with an average speed<2> 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 66 miles [106.2 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 612 miles [984.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,076 miles [8,169 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Weakley) 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 Weakley 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 Weakley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2643, Longitude: -87.1885 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.008 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.912 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.072 degrees. |
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