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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 Blountville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blountville 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 Blountville:
- 36.532745, -82.327428
- 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 Blountville
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Blountville is near Washington County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter 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 Blountville
Communities Also Named Blountville ...
We found two communities that are also named Blountville.
Within Tennessee, the name Blountville is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Lawrence 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 Mississippi community of Blountville [Lawrence County].
- South Carolina
- Hampton County
- This Blountville is located in Hampton County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Blountville that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton County community of Blountville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blountville ...
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.
- Bluff City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Cross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Driftwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Driftwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Earheart ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Earheart is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earheart
- Gross Crossroad
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gross Crossroad is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Crossroad
- Gunnings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gunnings is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnings
- Hill Country
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Country is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Country
- Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Indian Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Leonardtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Leonardtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardtown
- Maple Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Rock Hill Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill Park is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Park
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Sunny Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sunny Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Brook
- Sunny Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hills
- Sunrise Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sunrise Valley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Valley
- Tennessee Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tennessee Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Hills
- Valley Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valley Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
- Walnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Windy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Windy Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill
How Far From Blountville 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 Blountville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blountville and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Blountville to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 331 miles [532.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,809 miles [7,739.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Blountville 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blountville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Blountville 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 Blountville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5327, Longitude: -82.3274 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.096 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.744 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.715 degrees. |
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