Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Goosetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goosetown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Goosetown
- 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 Goosetown:
- 35.316740, -84.556877
- 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 Goosetown
- 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 McMinn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McMinn County
- Since Goosetown is near Polk County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Goosetown ...
We found four communities that share the name Goosetown.
Within Tennessee, the name Goosetown is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Henry County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Henry County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Goosetown.
- Hocking County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Goosetown [Hocking County].
- Vinton County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Goosetown [Vinton County].
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Goosetown ...
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.
- Balltown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Carlock
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Dentville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Double Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Double Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Double Springs is located in McMinn County
- Goodsprings
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Grady
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Piney Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Piney Grove is located in McMinn County
- Seven Cedars
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Cedars have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Cedars
- Seven Cedars is located in McMinn County
- Yancey ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Goosetown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Goosetown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Goosetown and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of McMinn County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Goosetown to Athens, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 482 miles [775.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,083 miles [11,399 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,959 miles [7,980.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Goosetown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for McMinn County: www.mcminncounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Goosetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 Goosetown 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. |
| <3> | 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- Goosetown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Goosetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3167, Longitude: -84.5569 In this case, the coordinates for Goosetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Goosetown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.41 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.079 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.965 degrees. |