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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 Chalk Level, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chalk Level 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 Chalk Level:
- 36.357874, -82.994885
- 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 Chalk Level
- 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 Hawkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
- Since Chalk Level is near Greene County and also Hamblen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen 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 Chalk Level
Communities Also Named Chalk Level ...
We found four communities that are also named Chalk Level.
Within Tennessee, the name Chalk Level is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Saint Clair County
- This Chalk Level is located in Saint Clair County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chalk Level that is located in Hawkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Chalk Level.
- North Carolina
- Forsyth County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Chalk Level [Forsyth County].
- Harnett County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Chalk Level [Harnett County].
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- This Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the east of the Chalk Level that is located in Hawkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Chalk Level.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chalk Level ...
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.
- Butcher ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Butcher is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher
- Couch ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Couch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
- Enterprise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Flora Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Flora Ferry is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Ferry
- Guntown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Guntown is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntown
- Longtown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Longtown is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Prices Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prices Ferry is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Ferry
- Rogersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Romeo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Spears ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spears is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
How Far From Chalk Level to ...
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 Chalk Level to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chalk Level and extending to:
- Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Chalk Level 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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 369 miles [593.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,846 miles [7,798.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Chalk Level) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Chalk Level, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Chalk Level 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. |
| <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 Chalk Level 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 Chalk Level. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3579, Longitude: -82.9949 In this case, the coordinates for Chalk Level have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.494 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.175 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.042 degrees. |
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