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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 Lakemoore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakemoore 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 Lakemoore:
- 36.252870, -83.282671
- 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 Lakemoore
- 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 Hamblen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
- Since Lakemoore is near Grainger County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 Lakemoore
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakemoore ...
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.
- Bright Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bright Ferry is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Ferry
- Casablanca
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Cheeks Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Cherokee Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Park is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Crockett Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crockett Ridge is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Ridge
- Gaby Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gaby Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaby Hills
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Jaybird
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jaybird is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Kentucky Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kentucky Heights is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Heights
- Liberty Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Liberty Heights is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
- Long Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Long Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ferry
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Marshalls Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Mountain View Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rocky Summit ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Summit is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Summit
- Tigertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tigertown is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigertown
- Vantage View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vantage View is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vantage View
- Wildwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Lakemoore 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 Lakemoore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lakemoore and extending to:
- Morristown, which is the Seat of Hamblen County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lakemoore 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 387 miles [622.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,863 miles [7,826.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lakemoore) 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 Lakemoore 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 Lakemoore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2529, Longitude: -83.2827 In this case, the coordinates for Lakemoore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.665 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.356 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.191 degrees. |
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