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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 Ironville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ironville 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 Ironville:
    • 36.329287, -81.972063
    • 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 Ironville
  • 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Since Ironville is near Carter County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Avery 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 Ironville

Communities Also Named Ironville ...

We found eight communities that are also named Ironville.

Within Tennessee, the name Ironville is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Perry County
      • This Ironville is located in Perry County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ironville that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Ironville.
    • Kentucky
      • Boyd County
      • This Ironville is located in Boyd County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ironville that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boyd County community of Ironville.
    • New York
      • Essex County
      • This Ironville is located in Essex County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ironville that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Ironville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Ironville lies 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ironville that is located in Johnson County.
    • Ohio
      • Lucas County
      • This Ironville is located in Lucas County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the north of the Ironville that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Ironville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Blair County
      • This Ironville is located in Blair County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ironville that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Ironville.
      • Lancaster County
      • This Ironville is located in Lancaster County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km] to the northeast of the Ironville that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Ironville.
    • Virginia
      • Bedford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ironville [Bedford County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ironville ...

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.

  • Butler
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Casper ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Casper is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casper
  • Doeville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Doeville is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doeville
  • Dry Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dry Hill is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
  • Elk Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Elk Mills is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mills
  • Farthing ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Farthing is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farthing
  • Fish Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fish Springs is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
  • High Health ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • High Health is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
  • Lineback ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lineback is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineback
  • Little Milligan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Little Milligan is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Milligan
  • Pierce
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pierce is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
  • Stump Knob ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Stump Knob is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Knob

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Ironville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ironville and extending to:

  • Mountain City, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ironville to Mountain City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 267 miles [429.7 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 16 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 322 miles [518.2 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 6,218 miles [10,006.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,802 miles [7,728.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ironville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Ironville 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Ironville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Ironville 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 Ironville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3293, Longitude: -81.9721       In this case, the coordinates for Ironville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.884 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.472 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.629 degrees.