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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 View:
    • 35.121463, -84.878278
    • 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 View
  • 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 Bradley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley County
    • Since East View is near Whitfield County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 View

Communities Also Named East View ...

We found nine communities that are also named East View.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named East View.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Meigs County
      • This East View is located in Meigs County and lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north of the East View that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of East View.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This East View is located in Hillsborough County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the East View that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of East View.
    • Kentucky
      • Hardin 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 Kentucky community of East View [Hardin County].
    • Michigan
      • Macomb County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Macomb County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macomb County community of East View.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This East View is located in Jefferson County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the East View that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of East View.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This East View is located in Greene County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the East View that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of East View.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This East View is located in Greenville County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the East View that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of East View.
    • Texas
      • Gregg 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 View [Gregg County].
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • This East View is located in Harrison County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the East View that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of East View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near East View ...

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.

  • American Heritage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • American Heritage is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Heritage
  • Black Fox
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Black Fox is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Fox
  • Dockery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Dockery is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
  • Foxfire
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Foxfire is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Green Meadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Green Meadow is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
  • Hills and Dales
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hills and Dales is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
  • Mountainbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mountainbrook is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
  • Peach Orchard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Peach Orchard is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
  • Prospect
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Prospect is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Pumpkin Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pumpkin Center is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
  • Red Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Red Hill is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Rolling Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rolling Brook is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Brook
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Rolling Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Sugar Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sugar Grove is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
    • Timber Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Timber Hills is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
    • Tucker Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Tucker Springs is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Springs
    • Twin Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Twin Oaks is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Union Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Union Grove is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
    • Wildwood Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East View and extending to:

  • Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies just to the North.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from East View to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 504 miles [811.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,105 miles [11,434.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,981 miles [8,016.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 East View 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 East View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 View to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1215, Longitude: -84.8783       In this case, the coordinates for East View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.597 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.266 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.146 degrees.