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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 Horton Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horton Ford 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 Horton Ford:
- 36.573149, -82.939332
- 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 Horton Ford
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Horton Ford is near Hawkins County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins 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 Horton Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Horton Ford ...
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.
- Aunt ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aunt is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aunt
- Big Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Big Creek is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Big Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Big Springs is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Cold Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Fisher Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fisher Creek is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Creek
- Hickory Cove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Cove is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Cove
- Independence
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Kyles Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Livesay Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Livesay Mill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livesay Mill
- Lyons Store ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons Store is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Store
- Zion Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Hill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From Horton Ford 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 Horton Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Horton Ford and extending to:
- Sneedville, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Horton Ford to Sneedville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 215 miles [346 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,248 miles [10,055.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,958 miles [11,197.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,834 miles [7,779.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Horton Ford) 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 Horton Ford 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 Horton Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5731, Longitude: -82.9393 In this case, the coordinates for Horton Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.462 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.17 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.957 degrees. |
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