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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 Coran, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coran 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 Coran:
- 36.359540, -83.011552
- 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 Coran
- 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 Hawkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
- Since Coran is near Greene County and also Hamblen 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 Hamblen 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 Coran
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coran ...
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.
- Butcher ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Butcher is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher
- Chalk Level
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chalk Level is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Choptack
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Choptack is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptack
- Couch ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Couch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
- Enterprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Flora Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Flora Ferry is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Ferry
- Guntown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Guntown is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntown
- Longtown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Longtown is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Prices Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prices Ferry is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Ferry
- Rogersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spears ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spears is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
How Far From Coran 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 Coran to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coran and extending to:
- Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 210 miles [338 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Coran 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,846 miles [7,798.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Coran) 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 Coran 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 Coran. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3595, Longitude: -83.0116 In this case, the coordinates for Coran have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.504 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.187 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.048 degrees. |
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