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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 Horseshoe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horseshoe 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 Horseshoe:
    • 36.335947, -82.118460
    • 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 Horseshoe
  • 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
    • Since Horseshoe is near Johnson County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Horseshoe

Communities Also Named Horseshoe ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Horseshoe.

Within Tennessee, the name Horseshoe is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Jackson County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Jackson County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the west of the Horseshoe that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Horseshoe.
    • Colorado
      • Park County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Horseshoe [Park County].
    • Florida
      • Dixie County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Dixie County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the south of the Horseshoe that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dixie County community of Horseshoe.
    • Illinois
      • Saline County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Saline County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Horseshoe that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Horseshoe.
    • Michigan
      • Allegan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Horseshoe [Allegan County].
    • Mississippi
      • Holmes County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Holmes County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Horseshoe that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Horseshoe.
      • Scott County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Scott County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km] to the west southwest of the Horseshoe that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Horseshoe.
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Horseshoe.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Horseshoe that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Horseshoe.
    • North Carolina
      • Camden County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Camden County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the east of the Horseshoe that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Horseshoe.
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Hanover County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Horseshoe that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Horseshoe.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Horseshoe ...

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.

  • Bear Stand
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bear Stand is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Stand
  • Butler
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Carter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Carter is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
  • Charity Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Charity Hill is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity Hill
  • Dogtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Dogtown is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Fish Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Fish Springs is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
  • Hunter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hunter is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Little Milligan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Little Milligan is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Milligan
  • Pierce
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Pierce is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
  • Valley Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Valley Park is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
  • Winner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Winner is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winner

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

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

  • Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies just to the West.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Horseshoe to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 329 miles [529.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,808 miles [7,737.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Horseshoe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Horseshoe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Horseshoe 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Horseshoe 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 Horseshoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3359, Longitude: -82.1185       In this case, the coordinates for Horseshoe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.971 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.572 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.687 degrees.