Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Little Chucky, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Chucky and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Little Chucky

• 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 Little Chucky:
  • 36.111766, -82.991266
  • 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 Little Chucky

• 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Since Little Chucky is near Cocke County and also Hawkins County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cocke County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins 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 Little Chucky

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Chucky ...

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.

• Bird Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Bird Hill is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Hill
• Bright Hope
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Bright Hope is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
• Cedar Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar Creek is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
• Cedar Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Hill is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
• Hull Mill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hull Mill is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Mill
• Mohawk
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mohawk is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
• Mohawk Crossroad
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Mohawk Crossroad is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Crossroad
• Mount Pleasant
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Nelsons Ferry
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Nelsons Ferry is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
• Rockwood Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Rockwood Hill is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Hill
• Sirenburg ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sirenburg is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg
• Skinner Crossroad
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Skinner Crossroad is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Crossroad
• Timber Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Timber Ridge is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
• Windy Hills
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Windy Hills is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills

How Far From Little Chucky 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 Little Chucky 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<1> community of Little Chucky once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Little Chucky and extending to:

• Greeneville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Chucky to Greeneville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 211 miles [339.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 378 miles [608.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'