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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 Loudon City Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loudon City Park 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 Loudon City Park:
- 35.724520, -84.377425
- 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 Loudon City Park
- 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 Loudon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
- Since Loudon City Park is near Roane County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Loudon City Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Loudon City Park ...
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.
- Big Piney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Piney is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Piney
- Bucktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bucktown is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Cave Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Chestnut Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Eve Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eve Mills is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eve Mills
- Hall Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ferry
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Lake-A-Wana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lake-A-Wana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake-A-Wana
- Maple Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Spring is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Spring
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Old Sweetwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Sweetwater is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sweetwater
- Paint Rock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paint Rock is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pond Creek Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pond Creek Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Ferry
- Poplar Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Poplar Springs is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Prospect
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Prospect is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Robinson Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Robinson Mill is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Loudon City Park 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 Loudon City Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Loudon City Park and extending to:
- Loudon, which is the Seat of Loudon County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Loudon City Park 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 458 miles [737.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 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 7,057 miles [11,357.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,933 miles [7,938.9 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 from Point A (ie- Loudon City Park) 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 Loudon City Park 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 Loudon City Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7245, Longitude: -84.3774 In this case, the coordinates for Loudon City Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.313 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.025 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.786 degrees. |
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