Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Buckeye, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buckeye and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Buckeye
- 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 Buckeye:
- 36.407302, -84.293543
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Buckeye
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Since Buckeye is near Scott County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Scott County
- eBird sighting report for Anderson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Buckeye ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Buckeye.
Within Tennessee, the name Buckeye is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Madison County
- This Buckeye is located in Madison County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<2> to the west of the Buckeye that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Buckeye.
- Mississippi County
- This Buckeye is located in Mississippi County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km] to the west of the Buckeye that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Buckeye.
- California
- El Dorado County
- This Buckeye is located in El Dorado County and lies 1,989 miles [3,201 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Buckeye that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Buckeye.
- Plumas County
- This Buckeye is located in Plumas County and lies 2,010 miles [3,234.8 km] to the west northwest of the Buckeye that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Buckeye.
- Shasta County
- This Buckeye is located in Shasta County and lies 2,062 miles [3,318.5 km] to the west northwest of the Buckeye that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Buckeye.
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- This Buckeye is located in Fulton County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Buckeye that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Buckeye.
- Stephenson 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 Illinois community of Buckeye [Stephenson County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Dickinson County
- This Buckeye is located in Dickinson County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Buckeye that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Buckeye.
- Trego County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Trego County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trego County community of Buckeye.
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Jackson County
- This Buckeye is located in Jackson County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Buckeye that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Buckeye.
- Muskingum County
- This Buckeye is located in Muskingum County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km] to the north northeast of the Buckeye that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Buckeye.
- Summit 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 Ohio community of Buckeye [Summit County].
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Virginia
- Hanover County
- This Buckeye is located in Hanover County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Buckeye that is located in Campbell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Buckeye.
- Highland County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Buckeye [Highland County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buckeye ...
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.
- Block
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Bowl ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Dean
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Elk Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Hickey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Norma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Norma is located in Scott County
- Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
- Pioneer
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Pioneer is located in Campbell County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pioneer <5>
- Rocky Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Ford is located in Campbell County
- Royal Blue
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Blue have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Blue
- Royal Blue is located in Campbell County
- Silica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Straight Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Fork
- Straight Fork is located in Scott County
- Terry Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terry Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Creek
- Terry Creek is located in Campbell County
How Far From Buckeye 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 Buckeye to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Buckeye and extending to:
- Jacksboro, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Buckeye to Nashville, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 432 miles [695.2 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,311 miles [10,156.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Buckeye. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Campbell County: www.co.campbell.tn.us/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Buckeye 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buckeye) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buckeye. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4073, Longitude: -84.2935 In this case, the coordinates for Buckeye have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Buckeye, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Buckeye to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.277 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.081 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.57 degrees. |