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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 Fonde, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fonde 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 Fonde:
- 36.594773, -83.879755
- 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 Fonde
- 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 Bell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bell County
- Since Fonde is near Claiborne County and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell 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 Fonde
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fonde ...
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.
- Fork Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fork Ridge is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Ridge
- Marion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Pearl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant
- Premier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reliance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Stony Fork Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Valley Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Creek is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Creek
- Yellow Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Fonde to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fonde to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fonde and extending to:
- Pineville, which is the Seat of Bell County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fonde to Pineville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 405 miles [651.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,999 miles [11,263.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,874 miles [7,843.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fonde) 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 Fonde 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 Fonde. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5948, Longitude: -83.8798 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.029 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.823 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.345 degrees. |
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