Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in East Side, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Side and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for East Side
- 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 Side:
- 36.338443, -82.198742
- 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 East Side
- 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carter County
- Since East Side is near Washington County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 East Side ...
We found 21 communities that share the name East Side.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named East Side.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of East Side, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- Although located in Hartford County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of East Side.
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of East Side [Calcasieu Parish].
- Vernon Parish
- This East Side is located in Vernon Parish and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the East Side that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of East Side.
- Mississippi
- New York
- Nova Scotia
- This East Side lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the East Side that is located in Carter County.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Carbon County
- This East Side is located in Carbon County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the East Side that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of East Side.
- Philadelphia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of East Side [Philadelphia County].
- Texas
- Dawson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of East Side [Dawson County].
- Panola County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of East Side [Panola County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- Distance: 10,117 miles [16,281.7 km]<1> to the west northwest
- Australia
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Side ...
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 Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Big Spring is located in Carter County
- Central
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Charity Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charity Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity Hill
- Charity Hill is located in Carter County
- Dogtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Gap Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Gap Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Horseshoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Hunter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Powder Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powder Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Branch
- Powder Branch is located in Carter County
- Range
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Sinking Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sinking Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Creek
- Sinking Creek is located in Carter County
- Valley Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Valley Park is located in Carter County
How Far From East Side to ...
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 East Side to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Side and extending to:
- Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from East Side to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Side. 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 from Point A (ie- East Side) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Side. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3384, Longitude: -82.1987 In this case, the coordinates for East Side 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 East Side 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> | 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. |
| <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 East Side 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 311.018 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.627 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.719 degrees. |