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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 Birdsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birdsville 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 Birdsville:
    • 35.868429, -83.272380
    • 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 Birdsville
  • 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 Cocke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cocke County
    • Since Birdsville is near Sevier County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Birdsville

Communities Also Named Birdsville ...

We found three communities that are also named Birdsville.

Within Tennessee, the name Birdsville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Jenkins County
      • This Birdsville is located in Jenkins County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Birdsville that is located in Cocke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jenkins County community of Birdsville.
    • Kentucky
      • Livingston County
      • This Birdsville is located in Livingston County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Birdsville that is located in Cocke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Birdsville.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Birdsville is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Birdsville that is located in Cocke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Birdsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Birdsville ...

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.

  • Bird Crossroad
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bird Crossroad is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Crossroad
  • Chestnut Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Crockettsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Crockettsville is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockettsville
  • English Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • English Creek is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Creek
  • Jenkins Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jenkins Mill is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Mill
  • Jones Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jones Cove is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cove
  • Licklog
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Licklog is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Licklog
  • Maple Spring
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Maple Spring is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Spring
  • Pleasant Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Promised Land
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Promised Land is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
  • Sunset Gap
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sunset Gap is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Gap

How Far From Birdsville 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 Birdsville 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 Birdsville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Birdsville and extending to:

  • Newport, which is the Seat of Cocke County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Birdsville to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 400 miles [643.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,879 miles [7,852 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Birdsville) 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 Birdsville, 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 Birdsville 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 Birdsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8684, Longitude: -83.2724       In this case, the coordinates for Birdsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.654 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.288 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.293 degrees.