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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 Greenwood Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenwood Forest 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 Greenwood Forest:
    • 36.055359, -83.937409
    • 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 Greenwood Forest
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Since Greenwood Forest is near Anderson County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Greenwood Forest

Communities Also Named Greenwood Forest ...

We found five communities that are also named Greenwood Forest.

Within Tennessee, the name Greenwood Forest is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Clinch County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Greenwood Forest [Clinch County].
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Greenwood Forest [Prince George's County].
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Greenwood Forest is located in Beaufort County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<2> to the southeast of the Greenwood Forest that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Greenwood Forest.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Greenwood Forest is located in Harris County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Greenwood Forest that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Greenwood Forest.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke County
      • This Greenwood Forest is located in Roanoke County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwood Forest that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Greenwood Forest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenwood Forest ...

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.

  • Beverly
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Beverly is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Cedar Flats
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Flats is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flats
  • Cedarchase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedarchase is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarchase
  • Dry Gap
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Dry Gap is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Gap
  • Fieldview
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fieldview is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldview
  • Fountain City
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fountain City is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
  • Fountaincrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Fountaincrest is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaincrest
  • Freeway
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Freeway is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeway
  • Greenway
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Greenway is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Halls
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Halls is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
    • Halls Crossroads
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Halls Crossroads is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Crossroads
    • Homestead
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Homestead is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
    • Mill Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mill Run is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
    • Murphy Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Murphy Hills is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Hills
    • Whittle Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Whittle Springs is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittle Springs

How Far From Greenwood Forest to ...

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 Greenwood Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the South.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Greenwood Forest 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 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 425 miles [684 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Greenwood Forest 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.
<2>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- Greenwood Forest) 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 Greenwood Forest 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 Greenwood Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0554, Longitude: -83.9374       In this case, the coordinates for Greenwood Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.056 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.776 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.516 degrees.