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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 Bent Tree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bent Tree 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 Bent Tree:
    • 35.772582, -84.011017
    • 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 Bent Tree
  • 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 Bent Tree is near Knox County and also Loudon 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 Loudon 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 Bent Tree

Communities Also Named Bent Tree ...

We found five communities that are also named Bent Tree.

Within Tennessee, the name Bent Tree is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Bent Tree is located in Blount County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bent Tree that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Bent Tree.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Bent Tree is located in Hillsborough County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the south of the Bent Tree that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Bent Tree.
      • Sarasota County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bent Tree [Sarasota County].
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Bent Tree is located in Henderson County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bent Tree that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Bent Tree.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee County
      • This Bent Tree is located in Oconee County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bent Tree that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Bent Tree.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bent Tree ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Airport Plaza is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Plaza
  • Cherokee Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cherokee Heights is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
  • Cherokee Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cherokee Park is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
  • Everett Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Everett Heights is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Heights
  • Green Meadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Green Meadow is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
  • Green Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Green Valley is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Greenwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Heritage Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Lakeview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Louisville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Maryville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Meadowbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Mentor
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Mentor is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
    • Middle Settlement
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Middle Settlement is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Settlement
    • Miser Station
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Miser Station is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miser Station
    • Pumpkin Center
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pumpkin Center is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
    • Rockgardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rockgardens is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
      • Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
    • Rocky Waters
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Rocky Waters is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Waters
    • Springbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Springbrook is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
    • Summit Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Summit Hills is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills
    • Sunset View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunset View is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bent Tree and extending to:

  • Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bent Tree 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 439 miles [706.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bent Tree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bent Tree 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bent Tree 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 Bent Tree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7726, Longitude: -84.0110       In this case, the coordinates for Bent Tree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.094 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.78 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.622 degrees.