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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 Cloyd Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cloyd Creek 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 Cloyd Creek:
- 35.698691, -84.138801
- 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 Cloyd Creek
- 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 Cloyd Creek is near Loudon County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Cloyd Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cloyd Creek ...
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 Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Centersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Clover Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Friendsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gooseneck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gooseneck is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
- Greenback
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Marble Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Marble Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
- Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Meadow is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- Springview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Springview is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springview
How Far From Cloyd Creek 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 Cloyd Creek 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<2> community of Cloyd Creek once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cloyd Creek and extending to:
- Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cloyd Creek to Maryville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 448 miles [721 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,048 miles [11,342.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Cloyd Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cloyd Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Cloyd Creek 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 Cloyd Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6987, Longitude: -84.1388 In this case, the coordinates for Cloyd Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.169 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.856 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.695 degrees. |
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