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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 Little Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Cove 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 Little Cove:
- 35.758701, -83.605723
- 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 Cove
- 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 Sevier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
- Since Little Cove is near Blount County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Little Cove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Cove ...
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.
- Chalet Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chalet Village is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village
- Cove Creek Cascades
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cove Creek Cascades is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek Cascades
- Greystone Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greystone Heights is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Heights
- Hatchertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchertown is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchertown
- Hornet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hornet is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
- Line Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Line Spring is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Spring
- McCookville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCookville is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCookville
- Middle Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- New Era
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Era is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Park Settlement
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Park Settlement is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Settlement
- Pigeon Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
How Far From Little Cove 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 Little Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Little Cove and extending to:
- Sevierville, which is the Seat of Sevier County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Little Cove to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 420 miles [675.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,022 miles [11,300.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,898 miles [7,882.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Cove) 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 Little Cove 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 Little Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7587, Longitude: -83.6057 In this case, the coordinates for Little Cove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.851 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.499 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.459 degrees. |
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