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 Ducktown:
36.335936, -82.629041
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.
We found four communities that share the name Ducktown.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Ducktown.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Tennessee ...
Polk County
This Ducktown is located in Polk County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ducktown that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Ducktown.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Forsyth County
This Ducktown is located in Forsyth County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ducktown that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Ducktown.
Illinois
Cook County
This Ducktown is located in Cook County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ducktown that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Ducktown.
North Carolina
Transylvania County
This Ducktown is located in Transylvania County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the south of the Ducktown that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Transylvania County community of Ducktown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ducktown ...
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 Sandy (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Sandy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Locust Mount. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ducktown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ducktown and extending to:
Jonesborough, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ducktown to Jonesborough, with an average speed<4> 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 231 miles [371.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 353 miles [568.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,246 miles [10,052 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,831 miles [7,774.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Ducktown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ducktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3359, Longitude: -82.6290 In this case, the coordinates for Ducktown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Ducktown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.275 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.921 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.897 degrees.