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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 Stackhouse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stackhouse 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 Stackhouse:
- 35.880041, -82.770292
- 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 Stackhouse
- 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 Stackhouse is near Cocke County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cocke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Stackhouse
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stackhouse ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Laurel is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Big Pine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Big Pine is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pine
- Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hurricane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lumptown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lumptown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumptown
- Rice Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Mill
- Sandy Bottom
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Shaleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shaleville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaleville
- Walnut
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
How Far From Stackhouse to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stackhouse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stackhouse and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Stackhouse to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 377 miles [606.7 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 6,272 miles [10,093.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,979 miles [11,231.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 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- Stackhouse) 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 Stackhouse 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 Stackhouse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8800, Longitude: -82.7703 In this case, the coordinates for Stackhouse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.355 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.947 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.085 degrees. |
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