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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 Brooks Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brooks Ford 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 Brooks Ford:
- 36.537590, -83.126838
- 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 Brooks Ford
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Brooks Ford is near Hawkins County and also Harlan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harlan 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 Brooks Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brooks Ford ...
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.
- Chestnut Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Dry Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Branch is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
- Duck Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Fox Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fox Branch is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Branch
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Frost Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Frost Ford is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Ford
- Kyles Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lee Valley is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Valley
- Livesay Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Livesay Mill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livesay Mill
- Rock Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
How Far From Brooks Ford to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brooks Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brooks Ford and extending to:
- Sneedville, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the West.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Brooks Ford 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 370 miles [595.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,257 miles [10,069.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,844 miles [7,795.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Brooks Ford) 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 Brooks Ford 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 Brooks Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5376, Longitude: -83.1268 In this case, the coordinates for Brooks Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.574 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.293 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.046 degrees. |
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