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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 Couch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Couch 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 Couch:
    • 36.295376, -82.956827
    • 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 Couch
  • 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 Couch is near Hawkins County and also Hamblen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins 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 Couch

Communities Also Named Couch ...

We found six communities that are also named Couch.

Within Tennessee, the name Couch is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Couch is located in Calhoun County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Couch that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Couch.
    • Arkansas
      • Columbia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Couch [Columbia County].
    • Florida
      • Bay County
      • This Couch is located in Bay County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Couch that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Couch.
    • Missouri
      • Oregon County
      • This Couch is located in Oregon County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the west of the Couch that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of Couch.
    • Texas
      • Karnes County
      • This Couch is located in Karnes County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Couch that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Karnes County community of Couch.
    • West Virginia
      • Mason County
      • This Couch is located in Mason County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Couch that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Couch.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Couch ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Butcher is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher
  • Chalk Level
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chalk Level is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
  • Enterprise
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Enterprise is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Hull Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hull Mill is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Mill
  • Longtown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Longtown is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
  • Marvin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Marvin is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
  • Mohawk Crossroad
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mohawk Crossroad is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Crossroad
  • Pilot Knob
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pilot Knob is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
  • Pleasant Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Romeo
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Romeo is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
  • Spears ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Spears is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
  • Woodlawn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Woodlawn is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Couch 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 Couch 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<3> community of Couch once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Couch and extending to:

  • Greeneville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Couch to Greeneville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,847 miles [7,800.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Couch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Couch 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.
<3>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 Couch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Couch 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 Couch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2954, Longitude: -82.9568       In this case, the coordinates for Couch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.47 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.139 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.044 degrees.