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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 Craigmar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Craigmar 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 Craigmar:
- 35.739523, -84.169358
- 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 Craigmar
- 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 Craigmar 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 Craigmar
Curious and Interesting Names Near Craigmar ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Castaway Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Castaway Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castaway Cove
- Centersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Disco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Disco is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Friendsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gooseneck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gooseneck is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
- Mahoney Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mahoney Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoney Mill
- Marble Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marble Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
- Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Meadow is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- Waterhaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waterhaven is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterhaven
How Far From Craigmar 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 Craigmar 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 Craigmar once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Craigmar and extending to:
- Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Craigmar to Maryville, 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 148 miles [238.2 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 6,337 miles [10,198.4 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 Craigmar, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Craigmar) 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 Craigmar 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 Craigmar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7395, Longitude: -84.1694 In this case, the coordinates for Craigmar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.188 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.884 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.696 degrees. |
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