Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Flat Gap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flat Gap and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Flat Gap
- 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 Flat Gap:
- 36.063081, -83.47842
- 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 Flat Gap
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Flat Gap is near Hamblen County and also Sevier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
- eBird sighting report for Sevier 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 Flat Gap ...
We found three communities that share the name Flat Gap.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Flat Gap.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flat Gap ...
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.
- Deep Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
- Deep Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Dumplin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Dumplin Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dumplin Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin Mill
- Dumplin Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Edna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Friends Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friends Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Station
- Friends Station is located in Jefferson County
- Gravelly Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravelly Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Hill
- Gravelly Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Greenhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Lake View Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Park
- Lake View Park is located in Jefferson County
- Mount Horeb
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Horeb have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Mount Horeb is located in Jefferson County
- Rock Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Rocky Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Sugar Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Forks
- Sugar Forks is located in Jefferson County
How Far From Flat Gap 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 Flat Gap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flat Gap and extending to:
- Dandridge, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Flat Gap to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 403 miles [648.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,879 miles [7,852 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Flat Gap. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Flat Gap 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Flat Gap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Flat Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0631, Longitude: -83.4784 |
| <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 Flat Gap 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 311.78 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.461 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.324 degrees. |