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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 Hunter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hunter 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 Hunter:
    • 36.362301, -84.140481
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hunter
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Hunter ...

We found 31 communities that share the name Hunter.

There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Hunter.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Carter County
      • This Hunter is located in Carter County and lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the east of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Hunter.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Colbert 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 Alabama community of Hunter [Colbert County].
      • Dallas 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 Alabama community of Hunter [Dallas County].
      • Montgomery County
      • This Hunter is located in Montgomery County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hunter.
    • Alaska
      • 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 Alaska community of Hunter.
    • Arkansas
      • Woodruff County
      • This Hunter is located in Woodruff County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<1> to the west of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodruff County community of Hunter.
    • Florida
      • Putnam County
      • This Hunter is located in Putnam County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Hunter.
    • Georgia
      • Screven 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 Georgia community of Hunter [Screven County].
    • Idaho
      • Ada 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 Idaho community of Hunter [Ada County].
    • Illinois
      • Boone County
      • This Hunter is located in Boone County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Hunter.
    • Indiana
      • Marion 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 Indiana community of Hunter [Marion County].
    • Kansas
      • Mitchell County
      • This Hunter is located in Mitchell County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mitchell County community of Hunter.
    • Kentucky
      • Floyd County
      • This Hunter is located in Floyd County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Hunter.
    • Louisiana
      • De Soto Parish
      • This Hunter is located in De Soto Parish and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Soto Parish community of Hunter.
    • Missouri
      • Carter County
      • This Hunter is located in Carter County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the west of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Hunter.
    • Nevada
      • Elko 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 Nevada community of Hunter [Elko County].
      • White Pine County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hunter [White Pine County].
    • New Mexico
      • Rio Arriba County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Rio Arriba County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Arriba County community of Hunter.
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This Hunter is located in Greene County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Hunter.
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • This Hunter is located in Cass County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Hunter.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • This Hunter is located in Belmont County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Hunter.
      • Noble 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 Ohio community of Hunter [Noble County].
      • Warren County
      • This Hunter is located in Warren County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the north of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Hunter.
    • Oklahoma
      • Garfield County
      • This Hunter is located in Garfield County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the west of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Hunter.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Forest County
      • This Hunter is located in Forest County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forest County community of Hunter.
      • Northumberland County
      • This Hunter is located in Northumberland County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the northeast of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Hunter.
    • Texas
      • Comal County
      • This Hunter is located in Comal County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comal County community of Hunter.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Hunter is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,528 miles [2,459.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Hunter.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Hunter is located in Fairfax County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hunter that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Hunter.
      • Patrick 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 Virginia community of Hunter [Patrick County].
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh 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 West Virginia community of Hunter [Raleigh County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hunter ...

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.

  • Block
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Block have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
    • Block is located in Campbell County
  • Boy ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy
    • Boy is located in Campbell County
  • Caryville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caryville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryville
    • Caryville is located in Campbell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,122 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caryville <5>
  • Cove Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cove Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
    • Cove Creek is located in Campbell County
  • Fordtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fordtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
    • Fordtown is located in Campbell County
  • Hatmaker ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatmaker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
    • Hatmaker is located in Campbell County
  • Hickey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickey
    • Hickey is located in Campbell County
  • High Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • High Point is located in Campbell County
  • Indian Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
    • Indian Creek is located in Campbell County
  • Ivydell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivydell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivydell
    • Ivydell is located in Campbell County
  • Jacksboro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacksboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksboro
    • Jacksboro is located in Campbell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,066 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksboro <5>
  • Long Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
    • Long Hollow is located in Campbell County
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Pine Crest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
      • Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
    • Red Ash
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Ash have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
      • Red Ash is located in Campbell County
    • Rocky Ford
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
      • Rocky Ford is located in Campbell County
    • Royal Blue
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Blue have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Blue
      • Royal Blue is located in Campbell County
    • Silica
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silica have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
      • Silica is located in Campbell County
      • Estimated population in 2014: 105 people

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

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

  • Jacksboro, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Hunter to Nashville, with an average speed<6>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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 425 miles [684 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,020 miles [11,297.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,895 miles [7,877.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hunter. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Campbell County: www.co.campbell.tn.us/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hunter) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hunter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3623, Longitude: -84.1405       In this case, the coordinates for Hunter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Hunter, 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hunter 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Hunter to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.184 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.967 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.518 degrees.









 

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