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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 Lone Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lone Mountain 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 Lone Mountain:
- 36.390786, -83.585594
- 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 Lone Mountain
- 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 Claiborne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne County
- Since Lone Mountain is near Grainger County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Lone Mountain
Communities Also Named Lone Mountain ...
We found four communities that are also named Lone Mountain.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Lone Mountain.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Scott County
- This Lone Mountain is located in Scott County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the west of the Lone Mountain that is located in Claiborne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Lone Mountain.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nevada
- Clark County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Clark County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Lone Mountain.
- Elko County
- This community is historic and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Lone Mountain.
- Texas
- Upshur County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lone Mountain [Upshur County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lone Mountain ...
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.
- Chestnut Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Chittum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chittum is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittum
- Clouds
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clouds is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clouds
- Cupp Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cupp Mill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupp Mill
- Duo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Duo is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duo
- Elm Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Elm Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Springs
- Liberty Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Murphy Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Murphy Mill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Mill
- Raven Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandlick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Williams Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Williams Mill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Mill
- Williams Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Williams Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Springs
How Far From Lone Mountain 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 town such as Lone Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lone Mountain and extending to:
- Tazewell, which is the Seat of Claiborne County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lone Mountain to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 397 miles [638.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,283 miles [10,111.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,870 miles [7,837.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lone Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lone Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Lone Mountain 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. |
| <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 Lone Mountain 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 Lone Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3908, Longitude: -83.5856 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.849 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.587 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.278 degrees. |
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