Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lanier, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lanier and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lanier
- 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 Lanier:
- 35.622581, -84.095187
- 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 Lanier
- 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Since Lanier is near Loudon County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Loudon County
- eBird sighting report for Monroe 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lanier ...
We found five communities that share the name Lanier.
Within Tennessee, the name Lanier is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lanier ...
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.
- Bestview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Chilhowee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Chilhowey ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Clover Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Clover Hill is located in Blount County
- Forest Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Forest Glen is located in Blount County
- Greenback
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
- Greenback is located in Loudon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,238 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenback <4>
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfway Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Howard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Jena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Jones Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
- Jones Ferry is located in Monroe County
- Meadow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Mint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Mountainville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountainville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
- Mountainville is located in Monroe County
- Springview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springview
- Springview is located in Blount County
- Tennessee ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Union Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Grove is located in Blount County
- Mountainville ‑ Historic
How Far From Lanier 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 Lanier to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lanier and extending to:
- Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lanier to Maryville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 448 miles [721 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,340 miles [10,203.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,925 miles [7,926 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lanier. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Blount County: www.korrnet.org/blountco/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Lanier 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lanier) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lanier. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6226, Longitude: -84.0952 In this case, the coordinates for Lanier have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lanier to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.141 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.813 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.697 degrees. |