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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 Boggs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boggs 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 Boggs:
    • 36.268423, -83.394342
    • 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 Boggs
  • 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 Grainger County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger County
    • Since Boggs is near Hamblen County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen 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 Boggs

Communities Also Named Boggs ...

We found four communities that are also named Boggs.

Within Tennessee, the name Boggs is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Boggs.
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Boggs [Gallia County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Boggs [Allegheny County].
    • West Virginia
      • Webster County
      • This Boggs is located in Webster County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Boggs that is located in Grainger County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Boggs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boggs ...

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.

  • Beans
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Beans is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
  • Casablanca
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
  • Crockett Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crockett Ridge is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Ridge
  • Echo Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Echo Hills is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
  • Gaby Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Gaby Hills is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaby Hills
  • Green Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Green Acres is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hopper Bluff
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hopper Bluff is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper Bluff
  • Indian Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Indian Hills is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Marshalls Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
  • Mary Chapel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mary Chapel is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Chapel
  • May Springs ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • May Springs is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Springs
  • Panther Creek ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Panther Creek is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Creek
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Panther Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Panther Hills is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Hills
    • Panther Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Panther Lake is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Lake
    • Quail Hollow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Quail Hollow is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
    • Rambling Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Rambling Hills is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambling Hills
    • Ridgeview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ridgeview is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
    • Riverview
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Riverview is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Rock Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Rock Haven is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
    • Rocky Summit ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Rocky Summit is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Summit
    • Seven Oaks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Seven Oaks is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
    • Sunset Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunset Hills is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
    • Vantage View
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Vantage View is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vantage View
    • Wildwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wildwood is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Willow Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Willow Springs is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs

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

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

  • Rutledge, which is the Seat of Grainger County, lies just to the West.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Boggs to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 392 miles [630.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,281 miles [10,108.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Boggs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Boggs 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>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- Boggs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Boggs 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 Boggs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2684, Longitude: -83.3943       In this case, the coordinates for Boggs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.732 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.436 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.232 degrees.