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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 Island Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Island 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 Island Ferry:
- 35.829241, -84.499377
- 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 Island 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 Roane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
- Since Long Island Ferry is near Loudon County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Island Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Island 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.
- Anglers Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Anglers Cove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Cove
- Cedar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cherokee Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Green Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- High Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- High Point is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hood Landing Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hood Landing Ferry is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Landing Ferry
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- James Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- James Ferry is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Ferry
- Laddie Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lawnville Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lawnville Meadows is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnville Meadows
- Paint Rock ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Ponderosa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ponderosa is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Suburban Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Suburban Shores is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Shores
- Twin Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Twin Rivers Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Rivers Ferry is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers Ferry
How Far From Long Island Ferry 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 Long Island 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 Island Ferry and extending to:
- Kingston, which is the Seat of Roane County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Long Island Ferry to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 460 miles [740.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,058 miles [11,358.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,934 miles [7,940.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Long Island 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 Island 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 Island Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8292, Longitude: -84.4994 In this case, the coordinates for Long Island Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.389 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.128 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.809 degrees. |
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