Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Amis:
  • 36.418187, -82.952493
  • 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 Amis

• 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 Hawkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
  • Since Amis is near Greene County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Amis

Curious and Interesting Names Near Amis ...

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 Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Big Creek is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
• Butcher ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Butcher is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher
• Camelot
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Camelot is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
• Chalk Level
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Chalk Level is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
• Enterprise
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Enterprise is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
• Flora Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Flora Ferry is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Ferry
• Guntown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Guntown is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntown
• Hickory Cove ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hickory Cove is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Cove
• Honeycutt
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Honeycutt is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycutt
• Rogersville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Rogersville is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,364 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rogersville
  • From Amis to Rogersville
• Spears ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Spears is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
• Zion Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Zion Hill is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Amis and extending to:

• Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Amis to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 365 miles [587.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,255 miles [10,066.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,965 miles [11,209.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,841 miles [7,790.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'