Meriwether Lewis National Monument Compass Rose -- Hohenwald TN
N 35° 30.458 W 087° 27.537
16S E 458379 N 3929436
A handsome "life compass" rose at the Meriwether Lewis National Monument Compass near Hohenwald TN
Waymark Code: WMWYC9
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2017
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This handsome "life compass" compass rose anchors a nice plaza at the Meriwether Lewis National Monument Visitor Center along the Natchez Trace at Hohenwald TN.
The center of the rose features a cut-style silhouette of Lewis, a popular form of portraiture in the early 1800s. Around the silhouette is this repeated phrase: "Meriwether Lewis: Exploring America"
Long ray-like arms point to the cardinal directions of N, E, S, and W, with shorter arms indicating the intermediate points. Between the appropriate directional arms, the place and distance to that spot from the rose are listed as follows:
"N-NE
Pittsburgh 534 miles
NE-E
Washington DC 623 miles
Virginia 531 miles
E-SE
Georgia 262 miles
ESE-S
Gulf of Mexico 575 miles
S-SE
New Orleans LA 412 miles
SE-W
Fort Pickering TN 140 miles
W-NW
Oregon
2007 miles
NW-N
St Louis 262 miles"