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 Idlewilde:
36.344828, -82.365696
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 Idlewilde
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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Idlewilde.
Within Tennessee, the name Idlewilde is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Idlewilde is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Idlewilde that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Idlewilde.
New Hampshire
Coos County
This Idlewilde is located in Coos County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Idlewilde that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Idlewilde.
Virginia
Covington City
This Idlewilde is located in Covington City and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Idlewilde that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington City community of Idlewilde.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Idlewilde ...
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.
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 Idlewilde to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Idlewilde and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Idlewilde to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 340 miles [547.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,234 miles [10,032.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,819 miles [7,755.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Idlewilde) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Idlewilde 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 Idlewilde. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3448, Longitude: -82.3657 In this case, the coordinates for Idlewilde have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.118 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.742 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.786 degrees.