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 Forks of the River:
35.959807, -83.837680
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 Forks of the River
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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
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 Forks of the River
Communities Also Named Forks of the River ...
We found one communities that are also named Forks of the River.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Forks of the River.
Beyond Tennessee.
Communities Located In Tennessee ...
Gibson County
This Forks of the River is located in Gibson County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the west of the Forks of the River that is located in Knox County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Forks of the River.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forks of the River ...
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.
Colonial Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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 Forks of the River to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Forks of the River and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Forks of the River to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 424 miles [682.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,024 miles [11,304 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Forks of the River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Forks of the River 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 Forks of the River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9598, Longitude: -83.8377 In this case, the coordinates for Forks of the River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.994 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.692 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.501 degrees.