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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 Fields of the Wood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fields of the Wood 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 Fields of the Wood:
- 35.123413, -84.257419
- 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 Fields of the Wood
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Fields of the Wood is near Polk County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Fields of the Wood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fields of the Wood ...
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.
- Burger Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Friendship
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hothouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pine Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Sunny Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Point is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Turtletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Violet
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Violet is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
How Far From Fields of the Wood 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 Fields of the Wood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fields of the Wood and extending to:
- Murphy, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fields of the Wood to Murphy, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 475 miles [764.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,370 miles [10,251.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,078 miles [11,390.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,954 miles [7,972.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fields of the Wood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Fields of the Wood 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 Fields of the Wood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1234, Longitude: -84.2574 In this case, the coordinates for Fields of the Wood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.225 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.839 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.893 degrees. |
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