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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 Fork Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fork Mountain and the surrounding area.
- 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 Fork Mountain:
- 36.126745, -84.419933
- 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 Fork Mountain
- 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Since Fork Mountain is near Morgan County and also Roane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roane 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 Fork Mountain
Communities Also Named Fork Mountain ...
We found three communities that are also named Fork Mountain.
Within Tennessee, the name Fork Mountain is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Macon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Fork Mountain [Macon County].
- Virginia
- Botetourt County
- This Fork Mountain is located in Botetourt County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Fork Mountain that is located in Anderson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Botetourt County community of Fork Mountain.
- Franklin County
- This Fork Mountain is located in Franklin County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the east northeast of the Fork Mountain that is located in Anderson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Fork Mountain.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fork Mountain ...
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.
- Buffalo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buffalo is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Charleys Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charleys Branch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleys Branch
- Crookedfork ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crookedfork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookedfork
- Elizabeth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Frost
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Frost is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Frost Bottom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Frost Bottom is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Bottom
- Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Newland ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Newland is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Oliver Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Rosedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Stainville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stainville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stainville
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Whetstone ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whetstone is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
- Windrock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Windrock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windrock
How Far From Fork Mountain to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fork Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fork Mountain and extending to:
- Clinton, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fork Mountain to Clinton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 447 miles [719.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,330 miles [10,187.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,042 miles [11,333 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Fork Mountain 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fork Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fork Mountain 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 Fork Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1267, Longitude: -84.4199 In this case, the coordinates for Fork Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.348 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.123 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.698 degrees. |
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