Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Noetown:
  • 36.616471, -83.755195
  • 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 Noetown

• 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 Noetown is near Claiborne County and also Knox 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 Knox 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 Noetown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Noetown ...

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.

• Arthur
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Arthur is located in Claiborne County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
• Ferndale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ferndale is located in Bell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
• Fork Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fork Ridge is located in Claiborne County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Ridge
• Premier
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Premier is located in Bell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier
• Reliance
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Reliance is located in Claiborne County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
• Stony Fork Junction
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction
• Town Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Town Creek is located in Claiborne County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
• Yellow Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Yellow Creek is located in Bell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek

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

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

• Pineville, which is the Seat of Bell County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Noetown to Pineville, 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.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 125 miles [201.2 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 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 399 miles [642.1 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 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,992 miles [11,252.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,868 miles [7,834.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'