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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 Grants Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grants Chapel 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 Grants Chapel:
- 36.039813, -83.443225
- 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 Grants Chapel
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Grants Chapel is near Sevier County and also Hamblen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen 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 Grants Chapel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grants Chapel ...
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.
- Beaver Dam ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beaver Dam is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Deep Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
- Dumplin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Edna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Elliot Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elliot Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot Ferry
- Flat Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Gravelly Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gravelly Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Hill
- Greenhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenhill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhill
- Lake View Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lake View Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Park
- Mount Horeb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Horeb is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rock Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
- Rocky Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Sandy Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sugar Forks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Forks is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Forks
How Far From Grants Chapel 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 Grants Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Grants Chapel and extending to:
- Dandridge, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Grants Chapel to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 402 miles [647 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,293 miles [10,127.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,879 miles [7,852 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Grants Chapel) 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 Grants Chapel 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 Grants Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0398, Longitude: -83.4432 In this case, the coordinates for Grants Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.758 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.433 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.316 degrees. |
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