Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Chuckey

• 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:
  • 36.215937, -82.688207
  • 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

• 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Since Chuckey is near Washington County and also Unicoi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi 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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chuckey ...

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.

• Centersville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Centersville is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
• Chestnut Ridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Chestnut Ridge is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
• Grandview
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grandview is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
• Gravel Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Gravel Hill is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
• Horse Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Horse Creek is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
  • Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
• Limestone
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Limestone is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <1>
• Pleasant Vale
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Vale is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Vale
• Pleasant View
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant View is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
• Twin Oaks
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Twin Oaks is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
• Walkertown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Walkertown is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chuckey and extending to:

• Greeneville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Chuckey to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 360 miles [579.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,254 miles [10,064.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'