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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 Hodges Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hodges Ferry 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 Hodges Ferry:
    • 35.936200, -83.614338
    • 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 Hodges Ferry
  • 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 Sevier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
    • Since Hodges Ferry is near Jefferson County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Hodges Ferry

Communities Also Named Hodges Ferry ...

We found three communities that are also named Hodges Ferry.

Within Tennessee, the name Hodges Ferry is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Sumter County
      • Although located in Sumter County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Hodges Ferry.
    • Virginia
      • Chesapeake City
      • This Hodges Ferry is located in Chesapeake City and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the east of the Hodges Ferry that is located in Sevier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Hodges Ferry.
      • Norfolk City
      • 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 Virginia community of Hodges Ferry [Norfolk City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hodges Ferry ...

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.

  • Alder Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Alder Branch is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Branch
  • Deep Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Deep Springs is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
  • Dumplin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
  • Dumplin Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dumplin Mill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin Mill
  • Four Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Four Points is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
  • French Broad ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • French Broad is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Broad
  • Gapcreek ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Gapcreek is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapcreek
  • Henry Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads
  • Hicks Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hicks Crossing is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Crossing
  • Kodak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • New Era
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • New Era is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
  • Oak City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak City is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Peters Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Peters Mill is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill
    • Pleasant Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Pleasant Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Powder Springs ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Powder Springs is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs
    • Seven Islands
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Seven Islands is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Islands
    • Thorn Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Thorn Grove is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove
    • Union Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Union Grove is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
    • Union Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Union Hill is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • Union Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Union Valley is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley

How Far From Hodges Ferry 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 Hodges Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Sevierville, which is the Seat of Sevier County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Hodges Ferry to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,015 miles [11,289.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,891 miles [7,871.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Hodges Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Hodges Ferry 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hodges Ferry 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 Hodges Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9362, Longitude: -83.6143       In this case, the coordinates for Hodges Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.859 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.534 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.415 degrees.