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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 Housley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Housley 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 Housley:
- 36.445669, -82.044569
- 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 Housley
- 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 Housley is near Sullivan County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Housley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Housley ...
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.
- Big Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Big Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Butler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Camp Tom Howard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Tom Howard is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Tom Howard
- Carter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Damascus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Damascus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Doeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Doeville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doeville
- Emmett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emmett is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Farthing ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farthing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farthing
- Fishdam ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fishdam is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hickory Tree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Tree is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Tree
- High Health ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pierce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pierce is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Sadie
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sadie is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadie
- Upper Shady
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Shady is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shady
- Vinegar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vinegar Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill
- Winner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winner is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winner
How Far From Housley 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 Housley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Housley and extending to:
- Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Housley to Elizabethton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 321 miles [516.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,800 miles [7,724.9 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Housley) 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 Housley 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 Housley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4457, Longitude: -82.0446 In this case, the coordinates for Housley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.927 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.538 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.624 degrees. |
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