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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 Cave Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cave Mill 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 Cave Mill:
- 35.799251, -83.887957
- 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 Cave 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Since Cave Mill is near Knox County and also Sevier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier 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 Cave Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cave 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.
- Airport Plaza
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Airport Plaza is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Plaza
- Bank ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank
- Bonny Kate
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
- Cold Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Everett Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Everett Heights is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Heights
- Law Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Law Chapel is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Law Chapel
- Little River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little River is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Littlebrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Littlebrook is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlebrook
- Maryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Meadowbrook is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mimosa Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mimosa Heights is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Heights
- Mountain Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Trace is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Trace
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Notime ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Notime is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notime
- Peppermint Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Peppermint Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppermint Hills
- Prospect
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prospect is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Rockgardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rockgardens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
- Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
- Rocky Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
- Rocky Waters
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Waters is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Waters
- Springbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Springbrook is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Stock Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stock Creek is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stock Creek
- Summit Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Summit Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills
- Twelve Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Twelve Oaks is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
- Wildwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Cave 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 Cave Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cave Mill and extending to:
- Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cave Mill to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 432 miles [695.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,323 miles [10,175.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,033 miles [11,318.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,909 miles [7,900.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Cave Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cave Mill 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 Cave Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7993, Longitude: -83.8880 In this case, the coordinates for Cave Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.021 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.70 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.565 degrees. |
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