Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Buladeen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buladeen and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Buladeen

• 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 Buladeen:
  • 36.459966, -82.018477
  • 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 Buladeen

• 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
  • Since Buladeen is near Sullivan County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Buladeen

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buladeen ...

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.

• Big Creek ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Creek is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
• Camp Tom Howard
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Camp Tom Howard is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Tom Howard
• Carter
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Carter is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
• Damascus
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Damascus is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
• Doeville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Doeville is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doeville
• Fishdam ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Fishdam is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
• Friendship
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Friendship is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
• High Health ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • High Health is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
• Jacob ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jacob is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob
• Sadie
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sadie is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadie
• Shady Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Shady Valley is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Valley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shady Valley <1>
• Upper Shady
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Upper Shady is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shady
• Winner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Winner is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winner

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buladeen and extending to:

• Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Buladeen to Elizabethton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 265 miles [426.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 320 miles [515 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'