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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 Campbell Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Campbell Acres 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 Campbell Acres:
- 36.237871, -83.268503
- 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 Campbell Acres
- 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 Campbell Acres is near Jefferson County and also Grainger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 Campbell Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Campbell Acres ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bright Ferry is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Ferry
- Casablanca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Cheeks Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Cherokee Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Park is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Crockett Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crockett Ridge is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Ridge
- Dover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Eureka Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eureka Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Hills
- Gaby Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gaby Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaby Hills
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Jaybird
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jaybird is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Kentucky Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kentucky Heights is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Heights
- Kingswood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingswood is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Liberty Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Liberty Heights is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
- Long Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Long Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ferry
- Mountain View Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rolling Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rolling Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Tigertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tigertown is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigertown
- Union Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Heights is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Heights
- Vantage View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Vantage View is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vantage View
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Campbell Acres 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 Campbell Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Campbell Acres 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 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Campbell Acres 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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 387 miles [622.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,863 miles [7,826.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Campbell Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Campbell Acres 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 Campbell Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2379, Longitude: -83.2685 In this case, the coordinates for Campbell Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.656 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.344 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.189 degrees. |
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