Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Spillcorn:
  • 35.954551, -82.650139
  • 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 Spillcorn

• 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 Spillcorn is near Unicoi County and also Yancey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yancey 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 Spillcorn

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spillcorn ...

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 southwest)
  • Big Laurel is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
• Chapel Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• Cutshalltown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cutshalltown is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
• English
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • English is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
• Flag Pond
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
• Harris Mill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Harris Mill is located in Unicoi County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Mill
• Hurricane
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hurricane is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
• Ivy Ridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ivy Ridge is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Ridge
• Little Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Creek is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
• Lumptown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lumptown is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumptown
• Rice Mill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Rice Mill is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Mill
• Rocky Fork
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Fork is located in Unicoi County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
• Walnut Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Walnut Creek is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek

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

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

• Marshall, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Spillcorn to Marshall, with an average speed<2> 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 224 miles [360.5 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 368 miles [592.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,264 miles [10,080.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'