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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 Aldenwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aldenwood Park 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 Aldenwood Park:
- 35.894248, -84.027409
- 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 Aldenwood Park
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Aldenwood Park is near Blount County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Aldenwood Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aldenwood Park ...
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.
- Blue Grass
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Grass is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Cedar Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Ebenezer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Echo Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Echo Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
- Fox Fire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Fire is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Fire
- Fox Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hills
- Galewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Galewood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
- Green Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Henrys Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henrys Ferry is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Ferry
- Hickory Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hickory Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Landmark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Landmark is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Lyons View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons View is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons View
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mockingbird Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mockingbird Hill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
- Pine Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Riverbend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Riverbend is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Rocky Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Suburban Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Suburban Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
- Ten Mile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ten Mile is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- Timberlake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Timberlake is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Topside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Topside is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
How Far From Aldenwood Park 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 Aldenwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Aldenwood Park and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Aldenwood Park to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 435 miles [700.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,324 miles [10,177.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,035 miles [11,321.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,911 miles [7,903.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Aldenwood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Aldenwood Park 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 Aldenwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8942, Longitude: -84.0274 In this case, the coordinates for Aldenwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.107 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.812 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.597 degrees. |
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