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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 Law Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Law Chapel 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 Law Chapel:
- 35.721474, -83.877678
- 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 Law Chapel
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Since Law Chapel is near Sevier County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Law Chapel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Law Chapel ...
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.
- Bank ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank
- Blockhouse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blockhouse is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
- Cave Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cave Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Mill
- Cherokee Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Heights is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
- Cherokee Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Park is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Cold Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Everett Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Everett Heights is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Heights
- Heritage Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Heritage Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Maryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mountain Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Trace is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Trace
- Notime ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Notime is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notime
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Peppermint Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peppermint Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppermint Hills
- Rockgardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockgardens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
- Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
- Rocky Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
- Sixmile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Summit Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills
- Sunset View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunset View is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
- Sunshine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunshine is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Twelve Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twelve Oaks is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Law Chapel 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 Law Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Law Chapel and extending to:
- Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Law Chapel to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 434 miles [698.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,326 miles [10,180.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,035 miles [11,321.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,912 miles [7,905.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Law Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Law Chapel 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 Law Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7215, Longitude: -83.8777 In this case, the coordinates for Law Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.013 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.68 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.581 degrees. |
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