Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Damascus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Damascus and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Damascus
- 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 Damascus:
- 36.439285, -81.912063
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Damascus
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Damascus is near Sullivan County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- eBird sighting report for Carter 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Damascus ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Damascus.
Within Tennessee, the name Damascus is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 22 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Damascus, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coffee County
- This Damascus is located in Coffee County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Damascus.
- Cullman County
- This Damascus is located in Cullman County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km] to the west southwest of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Damascus.
- Escambia County
- This Damascus is located in Escambia County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km] to the southwest of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Damascus.
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- This Damascus is located in Columbia County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Damascus.
- Van Buren County
- This Damascus is located in Van Buren County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km] to the west of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Damascus.
- California
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Early County
- This Damascus is located in Early County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Early County community of Damascus.
- Gordon County
- This Damascus is located in Gordon County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km] to the southwest of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Damascus.
- Illinois
- Maine
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Kemper County
- This Damascus is located in Kemper County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kemper County community of Damascus.
- Scott County
- This Damascus is located in Scott County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km] to the west southwest of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Damascus.
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- This Damascus lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- New York
- Ohio
- Henry County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Damascus [Henry County].
- Logan County
- This community is historic and although located in Logan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Damascus.
- Mahoning County
- This Damascus is located in Mahoning County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the north of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Damascus.
- Ontario
- This Damascus lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the north of the Damascus that is located in Johnson County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia
- Alabama
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Syria
- - Dimashq
- Distance: 6,170 miles [9,929.7 km]<1> to the northeast
- Syria
Curious and Interesting Names Near Damascus ...
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.
- Casper ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Cold Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cold Spring is located in Johnson County
- Crackers Neck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crackers Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crackers Neck
- Crackers Neck is located in Johnson County
- Doeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Farthing ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - High Health ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Health have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Holy Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Little Doe
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Doe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Doe
- Little Doe is located in Johnson County
- Mountain City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Mountain City is located in Johnson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,444 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain City <5>
- Sadie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Sandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Shady Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Valley
- Shady Valley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shady Valley <5>
- Upper Shady
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Shady have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shady
- Upper Shady is located in Johnson County
How Far From Damascus 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 Damascus to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Damascus and extending to:
- Mountain City, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Damascus to Nashville, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 315 miles [506.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Damascus. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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- Damascus) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Damascus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4393, Longitude: -81.9121 In this case, the coordinates for Damascus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Damascus 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 Damascus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Damascus to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.848 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.447 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.572 degrees. |