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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 Fox Fire, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Fire 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 Fox Fire:
    • 36.553435, -82.439313
    • 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 Fox Fire
  • 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
    • Since Fox Fire is near Washington County and also Hawkins County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins 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 Fox Fire

Communities Also Named Fox Fire ...

We found two communities that are also named Fox Fire.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Fox Fire.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Fox Fire in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Knox County
      • This Fox Fire is located in Knox County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fox Fire that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Fox Fire.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Fox Fire is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,603 miles [2,579.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fox Fire that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Fox Fire.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Fire ...

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.

  • Fox Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Fox Run is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Gunnings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Gunnings is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnings
  • Hillcrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Holiday Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Indian Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Indian Hills is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Mystic Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mystic Valley is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Valley
  • Pettyjohn Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pettyjohn Mill is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettyjohn Mill
  • Rock City
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rock City is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
  • Scenic Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Scenic Woods is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Woods
  • Sunnyside
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sunnyside is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Sunrise Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunrise Valley is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Valley

How Far From Fox Fire 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 Fox Fire to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Blountville, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fox Fire to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 336 miles [540.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fox Fire) 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 Fox Fire 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 Fox Fire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5534, Longitude: -82.4393       In this case, the coordinates for Fox Fire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.162 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.823 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.756 degrees.