Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bear Stand:
  • 36.278728, -82.088180
  • 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 Bear Stand

• 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
  • Since Bear Stand is near Johnson County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Avery 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 Bear Stand

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bear Stand ...

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.

• Bitter End
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bitter End is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter End
• Butler
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Butler is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <1>
• Charity Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Charity Hill is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity Hill
• Crabtree
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Crabtree is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
• Dogtown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dogtown is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
• Elk Mills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Elk Mills is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mills
• Fish Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fish Springs is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
• Horseshoe
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Horseshoe is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
• Lineback ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lineback is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineback
• Little Milligan
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Little Milligan is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Milligan
• Pierce
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pierce is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
• Shell Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shell Creek is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
  • Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
• Tiger Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tiger Valley is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Valley

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

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

• Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 261 miles [420 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bear Stand to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 330 miles [531.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,809 miles [7,739.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'