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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 Bank, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bank 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 Bank:
    • 35.808973, -83.877123
    • 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 Bank
  • 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 Bank is near Knox County and also Sevier 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 Sevier 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 Bank

Communities Also Named Bank ...

We found four communities that are also named Bank.

Within Tennessee, the name Bank is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Bernard Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Bank [Saint Bernard Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Cecil County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bank [Cecil County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Bank is located in Hillsborough County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<3> to the northeast of the Bank that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Bank.
    • West Virginia
      • Bank #
      • 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 Bank.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bank ...

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.

  • Airport Plaza
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Airport Plaza is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Plaza
  • Bonny Kate
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
  • Cave Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cave Mill is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Mill
  • Cold Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cold Springs is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Everett Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Everett Heights is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Heights
  • Little River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Little River is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Littlebrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Littlebrook is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlebrook
  • Meadowbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Mimosa Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Mimosa Heights is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Heights
  • Mountain Trace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountain Trace is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Trace
  • Notime ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Notime is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notime
  • Peppermint Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Peppermint Hills is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppermint Hills
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Prospect
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Prospect is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
    • Providence
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Providence is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Rockgardens
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockgardens is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
      • Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
    • Rocky Branch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
      • Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
    • Springbrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Springbrook is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
    • Stock Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Stock Creek is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stock Creek
    • Twelve Oaks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Twelve Oaks is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
    • Wildwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Wildwood is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Bank once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bank and extending to:

  • Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bank 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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 431 miles [693.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,322 miles [10,174.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,032 miles [11,316.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,908 miles [7,898.7 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Bank 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bank, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Bank) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bank 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 Bank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8090, Longitude: -83.8771       In this case, the coordinates for Bank have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.014 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.694 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.557 degrees.