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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 Condon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Condon 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 Condon:
- 36.181193, -83.793796
- 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 Condon
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Condon is near Knox County and also Grainger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 Condon
Communities Also Named Condon ...
We found four communities that are also named Condon.
Within Tennessee, the name Condon is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Condon [Arapahoe County].
- Montana
- Missoula County
- This Condon is located in Missoula County and lies 1,711 miles [2,753.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Condon that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Missoula County community of Condon.
- Ohio
- Richland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Condon [Richland County].
- Oregon
- Gilliam County
- This Condon is located in Gilliam County and lies 1,985 miles [3,194.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Condon that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilliam County community of Condon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Condon ...
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.
- Blaine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Copper Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Copper Ridge is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
- House Mountain ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- House Mountain is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Mountain
- Hurricane Branch ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hurricane Branch is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
- Lickskillet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Maples ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maples is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Mascot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mascot is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 people
- Mill Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Run is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Mitchell Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mitchell Ford is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Ford
- Paulette
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paulette is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Pinhook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pinhook is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Plainview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Plainview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
- Powder Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Powder Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs
- Raccoon Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Raccoon Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Valley
- Rose Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Sunrise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sunrise is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Three Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Three Points is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
How Far From Condon to ...
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 Condon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Condon and extending to:
- Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Condon to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,301 miles [10,140.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,012 miles [11,284.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,888 miles [7,866.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Condon 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Condon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Condon 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 Condon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1812, Longitude: -83.7938 In this case, the coordinates for Condon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.971 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.698 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.422 degrees. |
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