Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Cain Mill:
  • 36.265372, -83.198501
  • 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 Cain Mill

• 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 Hamblen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
  • Since Cain Mill is near Grainger County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Cain Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cain Mill ...

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.

• Bright Ferry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Bright Ferry is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Ferry
• Cheeks Crossroads
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Cheeks Crossroads is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
• Cherokee Park
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cherokee Park is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
• Dover
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dover is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
• Jaybird
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Jaybird is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
• Kentucky Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Kentucky Heights is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Heights
• Liberty Heights
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty Heights is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
• Long Ferry
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Long Ferry is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ferry
• Mountain View Meadows
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mountain View Meadows is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Meadows
• Needmore
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Needmore is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Rocky Point
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rocky Point is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
• Silver City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Silver City is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
• Springvale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Springvale is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cain Mill and extending to:

• Morristown, which is the Seat of Hamblen County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cain Mill to Nashville, with an average speed<2>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 382 miles [614.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'