Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hinds Creek Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hinds Creek Valley and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hinds Creek Valley

• 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 Hinds Creek Valley:
  • 36.204802, -83.931580
  • 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 Hinds Creek Valley

• 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
  • Since Hinds Creek Valley is near Anderson County and also Knox 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 Knox 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 Hinds Creek Valley

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hinds Creek Valley ...

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
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Blueberry Hills is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
• Cedar Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Cloud Ford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cloud Ford is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
• Copper Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Copper Ridge is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
  • Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
• Duke ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Duke is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
• Gooseneck
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Gooseneck is located in Anderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
• Hurricane Branch ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hurricane Branch is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
• Ivory
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ivory is located in Anderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
• Melbourne
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Melbourne is located in Anderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
• Paulette
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Paulette is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
• Raccoon Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Raccoon Valley is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Valley
• Stokes Mill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stokes Mill is located in Anderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Mill
• Twinville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Twinville is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twinville

How Far From Hinds Creek Valley 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 Hinds Creek Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hinds Creek Valley and extending to:

• Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Hinds Creek Valley to Nashville, with an average speed<2>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 420 miles [675.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,306 miles [10,148.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,017 miles [11,292.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,893 miles [7,874.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'