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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 Lella, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lella 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 Lella:
- 36.489825, -82.320694
- 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 Lella
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Lella is near Washington County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter 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 Lella
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lella ...
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.
- Bluff City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
- Former name for Bluff City:
- Zollicoffer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
- Boring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boring is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boring
- Buffalo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buffalo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Cross
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cross is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,330 people
- Earheart ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Earheart is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earheart
- Gross Crossroad
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gross Crossroad is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Crossroad
- Gunnings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gunnings is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnings
- Maple Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Piney Flats
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rocky Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Springs is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Sunrise Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunrise Valley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Valley
- Tennessee Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Hills
- Valley Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
- Walnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Windy Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Windy Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill
How Far From Lella 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 Lella 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<2> community of Lella once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lella and extending to:
- Blountville, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lella to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,810 miles [7,740.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Lella, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lella) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lella 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 Lella. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4898, Longitude: -82.3207 In this case, the coordinates for Lella have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.091 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.733 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.725 degrees. |
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