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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 Amersham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amersham 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 Amersham:
- 36.530656, -82.602098
- 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 Amersham
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Amersham is near Hawkins County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Amersham
Curious and Interesting Names Near Amersham ...
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.
- Beartown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Block City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Butterfly ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Butterfly is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Cartersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cartersville is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Cherokee Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Cloud Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cloud Ford is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
- Cloverbottom ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cloverbottom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverbottom
- Eden Ridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eden Ridge is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Ridge
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green Acres is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Greenfields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greenfields is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfields
- Greenvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Historic Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Historic Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Historic Hills
- Howard Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Howard Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hill
- Kingsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lewis Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Lane is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Lane
- Lone Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Long Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Long Island is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Lynn Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lynn Garden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Garden
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Poplar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Riverview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Riverview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Seven Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Oaks is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
How Far From Amersham 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 Amersham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Amersham and extending to:
- Blountville, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Amersham to Blountville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 233 miles [375 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 345 miles [555.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,236 miles [10,035.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,821 miles [7,758.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Amersham) 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 Amersham 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 Amersham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5307, Longitude: -82.6021 In this case, the coordinates for Amersham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.26 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.932 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.83 degrees. |
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