Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 West Shiloh:
  • 35.148694, -88.383375
  • 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 West Shiloh

• 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 McNairy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McNairy County
  • Since West Shiloh is near Hardin County and also Alcorn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Alcorn 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 West Shiloh

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Shiloh ...

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.

• Box Elder
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Box Elder is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
• Chambers
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Chambers is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
• Good Hope
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Good Hope is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
• Gravel Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gravel Hill is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
• Hickory Flats
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hickory Flats is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flats
• Liberty
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Liberty is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Needmore
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Needmore is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Nixon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Nixon is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
  • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
• Pebble Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pebble Hill is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Hill
• Pickwick Ferry
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pickwick Ferry is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Ferry
• Purdy
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Purdy is located in McNairy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
• Sand Mountain ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sand Mountain is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Mountain
• Tucker Landing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Tucker Landing is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Landing
• Walkertown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Walkertown is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown

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

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

• Selmer, which is the Seat of McNairy County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from West Shiloh to Selmer, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,257 miles [11,679 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,132 miles [8,259.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'