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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 Bayless, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bayless 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 Bayless:
- 36.173691, -83.944357
- 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 Bayless
- 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 Bayless is near Union County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Bayless
Communities Also Named Bayless ...
We found one communities that are also named Bayless.
Within Tennessee, the name Bayless is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Bayless in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Monroe County
- This Bayless is located in Monroe County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the west of the Bayless that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Bayless.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayless ...
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.
- Blueberry Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blueberry Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
- Cedar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Copper Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Copper Ridge is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
- Duke ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Duke is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Gooseneck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gooseneck is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
- Highland View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Highland View is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
- Ivory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ivory is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Melbourne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Melbourne is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Panther ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Panther is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Paulette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Paulette is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Still Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Still Brook is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Brook
- Stokes Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stokes Mill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Mill
- Twinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twinville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twinville
How Far From Bayless 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 Bayless 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<2> community of Bayless once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bayless and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Bayless to Knoxville, 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 157 miles [252.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 422 miles [679.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,308 miles [10,151.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,019 miles [11,296 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,895 miles [7,877.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Bayless) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bayless, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Bayless 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 Bayless. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1737, Longitude: -83.9444 In this case, the coordinates for Bayless have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.062 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.80 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.487 degrees. |
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