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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 Coulter Shoals, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coulter Shoals 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 Coulter Shoals:
- 35.799801, -84.182971
- 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 Coulter Shoals
- 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 Loudon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
- Since Coulter Shoals is near Blount County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Coulter Shoals
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coulter Shoals ...
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.
- Bucktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bucktown is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Cactus Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cactus Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Cove
- Castaway Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Castaway Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castaway Cove
- Disco
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Disco is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Dixie Lee Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie Lee Junction is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Lee Junction
- Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ford is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
- Fox Den
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fox Den is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Den
- Friendsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gooseneck
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gooseneck is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
- Gravelly Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelly Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Hills
- Hall Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hall Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ferry
- Hickory Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Woods is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Kingsgate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kingsgate is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Mahoney Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mahoney Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoney Mill
- Miser Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Miser Station is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miser Station
- Shady Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Silver Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Silver Ridge is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Waterhaven
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Waterhaven is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterhaven
How Far From Coulter Shoals 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 Coulter Shoals to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coulter Shoals and extending to:
- Loudon, which is the Seat of Loudon County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coulter Shoals to Loudon, with an average speed<3> 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 147 miles [236.6 km] to the west (W). 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 446 miles [717.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,922 miles [7,921.2 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 '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- Coulter Shoals) 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 Coulter Shoals 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 Coulter Shoals. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7998, Longitude: -84.1830 In this case, the coordinates for Coulter Shoals have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.198 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.904 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.686 degrees. |
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