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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 Lake Forest Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Forest Estates 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 Lake Forest Estates:
- 36.256200, -83.417954
- 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 Lake Forest Estates
- 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 Grainger County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger County
- Since Lake Forest Estates is near Hamblen County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Lake Forest Estates
Communities Also Named Lake Forest Estates ...
We found three communities that are also named Lake Forest Estates.
Within Tennessee, the name Lake Forest Estates is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lee County
- This Lake Forest Estates is located in Lee County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lake Forest Estates that is located in Grainger County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Lake Forest Estates.
- North Carolina
- Orange County
- This Lake Forest Estates is located in Orange County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the east of the Lake Forest Estates that is located in Grainger County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Lake Forest Estates.
- South Carolina
- Edgefield County
- This Lake Forest Estates is located in Edgefield County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lake Forest Estates that is located in Grainger County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgefield County community of Lake Forest Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Forest Estates ...
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.
- Alpha
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alpha is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Beans
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beans is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
- Boggs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Boggs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
- Casablanca
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Crockett Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett Ridge is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Ridge
- Echo Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Echo Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
- Fox Den
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fox Den is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Den
- Green Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Green Acres is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Hammer Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hammer Store is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer Store
- Hopper Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hopper Bluff is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper Bluff
- Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Indian Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Kathy Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kathy Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathy Hills
- Marshalls Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Mary Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mary Chapel is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Chapel
- May Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- May Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Springs
- Panther Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Panther Creek is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Creek
- Panther Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Panther Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Hills
- Panther Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Panther Lake is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Lake
- Pleasant view
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant view is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant view
- Point Seven
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Point Seven is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Seven
- Quail Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quail Hollow is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Rambling Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rambling Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambling Hills
- Ridgeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeview is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Riverview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Seven Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Seven Oaks is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Smokerise
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Smokerise is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokerise
- Sunset Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Vantage View
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Vantage View is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vantage View
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wildwood is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Willow Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Willow Springs is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
How Far From Lake Forest Estates to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lake Forest Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake Forest Estates and extending to:
- Rutledge, which is the Seat of Grainger County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Forest Estates to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,993 miles [11,254.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,869 miles [7,835.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Forest Estates) 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 Lake Forest Estates 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 Lake Forest Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2562, Longitude: -83.4180 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Forest Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.746 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.45 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.246 degrees. |
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