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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 Beech Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beech Fork and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Beech Fork:
    • 36.234523, -84.304930
    • 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 Beech Fork
  • 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
    • Since Beech Fork is near Anderson County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Beech Fork

Communities Also Named Beech Fork ...

We found one communities that are also named Beech Fork.

Within Tennessee, the name Beech Fork is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Beech Fork in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Perry County
      • 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 Kentucky community of Beech Fork [Perry County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beech Fork ...

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.

  • Charleys Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Charleys Branch is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleys Branch
  • Clinchmore
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Clinchmore is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchmore
  • Newland ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Newland is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
  • Peewee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Peewee is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
  • Roberts Ford
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Roberts Ford is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Ford
  • Rosedale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosedale is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Round Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Round Rock is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Rock
  • Smoky Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Smoky Junction is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Junction
  • Stainville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Stainville is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stainville

How Far From Beech Fork to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Beech Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Jacksboro, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beech Fork to Jacksboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 137 miles [220.5 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 438 miles [704.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,033 miles [11,318.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,908 miles [7,898.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Beech Fork 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beech Fork) 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 Beech Fork 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 Beech Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2345, Longitude: -84.3049       In this case, the coordinates for Beech Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.281 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.061 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.621 degrees.