Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in East Jamestown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Jamestown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for East Jamestown

• 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 East Jamestown:
  • 36.464793, -84.873278
  • 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 East Jamestown

• 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 Fentress County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fentress County
  • Since East Jamestown is near Pickett County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickett County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 East Jamestown

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Jamestown ...

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.

• Boatland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Boatland is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boatland
• Double Top
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Double Top is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Top
• Goad
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Goad is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goad
• Helena
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Helena is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
• Howard Ford
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Howard Ford is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Ford
• Jamestown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jamestown is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,131 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamestown <1>
• Key Ford
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Key Ford is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Ford
• Little Crab
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Little Crab is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
• Mount Helen
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Helen is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Helen
• Red Hill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Hill is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Sharp Place
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sharp Place is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Place
• Speck
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Speck is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck
• Squirrel Flat
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Squirrel Flat is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Flat
• Wolf River
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wolf River is located in Fentress County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf River

How Far From East Jamestown 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 East Jamestown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Jamestown and extending to:

• Jamestown, which is the Seat of Fentress County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from East Jamestown to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 459 miles [738.7 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 6,333 miles [10,192 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,047 miles [11,341 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,923 miles [7,922.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'