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36.04811, -83.178994
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We found five communities that are also named Bybee.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Bybee.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Tennessee ...
Warren 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 Tennessee community of Bybee [Warren County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Fulton County
This Bybee is located in Fulton County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Bybee that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Bybee.
Kentucky
Clark County
Although located in Clark County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Bybee.
Madison County
This Bybee is located in Madison County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Bybee that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Bybee.
Virginia
Fluvanna County
This Bybee is located in Fluvanna County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bybee that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fluvanna County community of Bybee.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bybee ...
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.
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 Bybee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bybee and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bybee to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 389 miles [626 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bybee 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bybee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bybee 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 Bybee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0481, Longitude: -83.1790
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.60 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.253 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.205 degrees.