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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 Bud, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bud 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 Bud:
    • 36.032579, -84.135195
    • 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 Bud
  • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Bud is near Knox County and also Roane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane 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 Bud

Communities Also Named Bud ...

We found six communities that are also named Bud.

Within Tennessee, the name Bud is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Paulding County
      • This Bud is located in Paulding County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bud that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Bud.
    • Indiana
      • Johnson County
      • This Bud is located in Johnson County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bud that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Bud.
    • Missouri
      • Warren 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 Missouri community of Bud [Warren County].
    • Ohio
      • Jackson County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Jackson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Bud.
    • West Virginia
      • Wyoming County
      • This Bud is located in Wyoming County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bud that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Bud.
    • Wisconsin
      • Vernon County
      • This Bud is located in Vernon County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bud that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Bud.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bud ...

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.

  • Bull Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bull Run is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
  • Camelot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Camelot is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Golden Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Golden Meadows is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
  • Grand Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Grand Oaks is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Oaks
  • Heather Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Heather Heights is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
  • King Arthur Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • King Arthur Court is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Arthur Court
  • Kirkstall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Kirkstall is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkstall
  • Lees Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lees Ferry is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Ferry
  • Peak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Peak is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
  • Treeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Treeville is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treeville
  • Volunteer Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Bud once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bud and extending to:

  • Clinton, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the North.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bud to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 436 miles [701.7 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 6,322 miles [10,174.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,909 miles [7,900.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Bud) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Bud 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>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 Bud, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bud 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 Bud. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0326, Longitude: -84.1352       In this case, the coordinates for Bud have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.174 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.909 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.604 degrees.