Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Loo:
  • 36.322857, -83.851580
  • 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 Loo

• 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
  • Since Loo is near Campbell County and also Claiborne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne 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 Loo

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loo ...

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.

• Hurricane Branch ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hurricane Branch is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
• Irwin
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Irwin is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
• Lickskillet
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lickskillet is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
• Long Hollow ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Long Hollow is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
• Lost Creek ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Lost Creek is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
• Mossy Spring
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mossy Spring is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Spring
• Oak Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Grove is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Pinhook
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pinhook is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
• Rose Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rose Hill is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
• Rule ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Rule is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
• Union
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Union is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Loo 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 Loo 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 Loo once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Loo and extending to:

• Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Loo to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 412 miles [663 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,297 miles [10,134 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,009 miles [11,279.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'