Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Guntertown:
  • 35.930938, -82.716252
  • 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 Guntertown

• 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Since Guntertown is near Greene County and also Unicoi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi 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 Guntertown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Guntertown ...

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.

• Big Laurel
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Big Laurel is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
• Chapel Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• Cutshalltown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cutshalltown is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
• Hot Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hot Springs is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <1>
• Hurricane
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hurricane is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
• Lumptown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Lumptown is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumptown
• Rice Mill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rice Mill is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Mill
• Sandy Bottom
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandy Bottom is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
• Stackhouse
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Stackhouse is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
• Walnut
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Walnut is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
• Walnut Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Creek is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Guntertown and extending to:

• Marshall, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Guntertown to Marshall, with an average speed<3> 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.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 228 miles [366.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 372 miles [598.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,852 miles [7,808.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'