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 Chestuee:
35.466464, -84.417148
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.
We found two communities that share the name Chestuee.
There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Chestuee.
Beyond Tennessee.
Communities Located In Tennessee ...
Bradley County
This Chestuee is located in Bradley County and lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chestuee that is located in Monroe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Chestuee.
Polk County
This Chestuee is located in Polk County and lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chestuee that is located in Monroe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Chestuee.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chestuee ...
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.
Big Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Chestuee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chestuee and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Chestuee 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 469 miles [754.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,360 miles [10,235.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,070 miles [11,378.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,946 miles [7,959.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chestuee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chestuee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4665, Longitude: -84.4171 In this case, the coordinates for Chestuee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Chestuee to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.33 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.008 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.87 degrees.