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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 Broyles, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Broyles 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 Broyles:
- 36.475358, -84.199097
- 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 Broyles
- 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Since Broyles is near Scott County and also Whitley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley 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 Broyles
Communities Also Named Broyles ...
We found two communities that are also named Broyles.
Within Tennessee, the name Broyles is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Anderson 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 South Carolina community of Broyles [Anderson County].
- Texas
- Anderson 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 Texas community of Broyles [Anderson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Broyles ...
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.
- Buckeye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Coal Mine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coal Mine is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Mine
- Elk Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Fordtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fordtown is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Hunter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Ivydell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ivydell is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivydell
- Little White Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Little White Oak is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little White Oak
- Long Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Long Hollow is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
- Peabody
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Peabody is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pine Mountain ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Mountain is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Pioneer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ford is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Royal Blue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Blue is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Blue
- Stinking Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stinking Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinking Creek
- Terry Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Terry Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Creek
How Far From Broyles 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 Broyles to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Broyles and extending to:
- Jacksboro, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Broyles to Jacksboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 425 miles [684 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,304 miles [10,145.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,018 miles [11,294.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,893 miles [7,874.5 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 Broyles 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Broyles) 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 Broyles 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 Broyles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4754, Longitude: -84.1991 In this case, the coordinates for Broyles have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.221 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.026 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.512 degrees. |
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