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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 Fort Loudon Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Loudon Estates 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 Fort Loudon Estates:
- 35.781467, -84.231862
- 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 Fort Loudon Estates
- 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 Loudon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
- Since Fort Loudon Estates is near Blount County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Fort Loudon Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Loudon Estates ...
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.
- Bucktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bucktown is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Centersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Chestnut Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Disco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Disco is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Dixie Lee Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dixie Lee Junction is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Lee Junction
- Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ford is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
- Friendsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hall Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hall Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ferry
- Huntsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Poplar Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Springs is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Silver Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Ridge is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Waterhaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Waterhaven is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterhaven
How Far From Fort Loudon Estates 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 Fort Loudon Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Loudon Estates and extending to:
- Loudon, which is the Seat of Loudon County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Loudon Estates to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 449 miles [722.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Loudon Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Fort Loudon Estates 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 Fort Loudon Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7815, Longitude: -84.2319 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Loudon Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.227 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.934 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.711 degrees. |
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