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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 Alnwick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alnwick 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 Alnwick:
- 35.748137, -84.037685
- 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 Alnwick
- 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Since Alnwick is near Knox County and also Loudon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon 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 Alnwick
Communities Also Named Alnwick ...
We found five communities that are also named Alnwick.
Within Tennessee, the name Alnwick is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- El Paso County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alnwick [El Paso County].
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alnwick [Chatham County].
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alnwick.
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County
- This Alnwick is located in Montgomery County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Alnwick that is located in Blount County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Alnwick.
- West Virginia
- Mingo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alnwick [Mingo County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alnwick ...
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.
- Bent Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Tree is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree
- Big Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Cherokee Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Heights is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
- Cherokee Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Park is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Clover Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Gooseneck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gooseneck is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
- Green Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Meadow is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Green Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Heritage Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Mahoney Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoney Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoney Mill
- Maryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Middle Settlement
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Middle Settlement is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Settlement
- Miser Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miser Station is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miser Station
- Pumpkin Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Rockgardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rockgardens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
- Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
- Springbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Springbrook is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Summit Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills
- Sunset View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunset View is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
How Far From Alnwick 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 Alnwick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alnwick and extending to:
- Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the East.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Alnwick to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 441 miles [709.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,041 miles [11,331.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,917 miles [7,913.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Alnwick could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alnwick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Alnwick 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 Alnwick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7481, Longitude: -84.0377 In this case, the coordinates for Alnwick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.11 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.795 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.64 degrees. |
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