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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 Heiskell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heiskell 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 Heiskell:
- 36.081844, -84.054128
- 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 Heiskell
- 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 Heiskell 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 Heiskell
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heiskell ...
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.
- Blueberry Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blueberry Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
- Bud ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bud is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Bull Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bull Run is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Cedar Flats
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Flats is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flats
- Cedar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cherokee Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Ridge is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Ridge
- Cherrybrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherrybrook is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrybrook
- Deep Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Springs is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
- Dry Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dry Gap is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Gap
- Fieldview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fieldview is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldview
- Grand Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grand Oaks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Oaks
- Highland View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Highland View is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hinds Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hinds Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinds Creek
- Mapleview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mapleview is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleview
- Moore Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Ferry is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Ferry
- Panther ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Panther is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Peak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shadow Wood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shadow Wood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Wood
- Treeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Treeville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treeville
- Twinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Twinville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twinville
- Whispering Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
How Far From Heiskell 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 Heiskell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Heiskell and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Heiskell to Knoxville, with an average speed<2> 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 151 miles [243 km] to the west (W). 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 430 miles [692 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,904 miles [7,892.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Heiskell) 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 Heiskell 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 Heiskell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0818, Longitude: -84.0541 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.126 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.861 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.557 degrees. |
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