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 Park:
36.314829, -82.342639
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 three communities that share the name East Park.
Within Tennessee, the name East Park is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This East Park is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the southwest of the East Park that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of East Park.
Indiana
Clinton County
This East Park is located in Clinton County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the East Park that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of East Park.
New York
Dutchess County
This East Park is located in Dutchess County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the East Park that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of East Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Park ...
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.
Breezy Hills (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breezy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Park and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from East Park to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 340 miles [547.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,819 miles [7,755.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
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- East Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3148, Longitude: -82.3426 In this case, the coordinates for East Park 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>
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 East Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.104 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.722 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.785 degrees.