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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 Long Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Ferry 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 Long Ferry:
- 36.278981, -83.265726
- 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 Long Ferry
- 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 Grainger County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger County
- Since Long Ferry is near Hamblen County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Long Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Ferry ...
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.
- Bright Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bright Ferry is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Ferry
- Casablanca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Cheeks Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Cherokee Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cherokee Park is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Crockett Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crockett Ridge is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Ridge
- Gaby Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gaby Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaby Hills
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Indian Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Indian Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Jaybird
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jaybird is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Kentucky Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kentucky Heights is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Heights
- Liberty Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Liberty Heights is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
- Marshalls Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Mountain View Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rocky Summit ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rocky Summit is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Summit
- Vantage View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vantage View is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vantage View
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Long Ferry 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 Long Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Long Ferry and extending to:
- Rutledge, which is the Seat of Grainger County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Long Ferry to Rutledge, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 195 miles [313.8 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 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,275 miles [10,098.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,985 miles [11,241.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,861 miles [7,823 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Long Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Long Ferry 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 Long Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2790, Longitude: -83.2657 In this case, the coordinates for Long Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.655 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.349 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.176 degrees. |
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