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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 Chuckey Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chuckey Bend and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Chuckey Bend:
    • 36.195929, -83.159609
    • 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 Chuckey Bend
  • 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 Chuckey Bend is near Greene County and also Cocke 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 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 Chuckey Bend

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chuckey Bend ...

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.

  • Bird Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bird Hill is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Hill
  • Cheeks Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cheeks Crossroads is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
  • Creek Store
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Creek Store is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Store
  • Dover
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Dover is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Eureka Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Eureka Hills is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Hills
  • Kingswood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Kingswood is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Mohawk
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Mohawk is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Rocky Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Rocky Point is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Scoot Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Scoot Mill is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoot Mill
  • Silver City
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Silver City is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Skinner Crossroad
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Skinner Crossroad is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Crossroad
  • Springvale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Springvale is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
  • Union Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Union Heights is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Heights

How Far From Chuckey Bend 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 Chuckey Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Chuckey Bend once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chuckey Bend and extending to:

  • Morristown, which is the Seat of Hamblen County, lies just to the West.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Chuckey Bend to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 383 miles [616.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,274 miles [10,097 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,984 miles [11,239.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,860 miles [7,821.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Chuckey Bend, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Chuckey Bend) 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 Chuckey Bend 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 Chuckey Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1959, Longitude: -83.1596       In this case, the coordinates for Chuckey Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.591 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.263 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.156 degrees.