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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 Caton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caton 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 Caton:
- 35.800370, -83.450718
- 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 Caton
- 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 Sevier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
- Since Caton is near Jefferson County and also Cocke 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 Cocke 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 Caton
Communities Also Named Caton ...
We found three communities that are also named Caton.
Within Tennessee, the name Caton is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Marshall 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 Illinois community of Caton [Marshall County].
- Nevada
- Lander County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Lander County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lander County community of Caton.
- New York
- Steuben County
- This Caton is located in Steuben County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Caton that is located in Sevier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Caton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caton ...
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.
- Cedar Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Cherokee Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Crockettsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crockettsville is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockettsville
- Greystone Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greystone Heights is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Heights
- Harrisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- McCookville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCookville is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCookville
- Middle Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Pigeon Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pinnacle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pinnacle is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
- Shady Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Walnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Zion Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Zion Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
How Far From Caton 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 Caton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Caton and extending to:
- Sevierville, which is the Seat of Sevier County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Caton to Nashville, with an average speed<5>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 411 miles [661.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,013 miles [11,286.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Caton 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> | 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 Caton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Caton 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 Caton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8004, Longitude: -83.4507 In this case, the coordinates for Caton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.759 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.399 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.385 degrees. |
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