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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Loudon City Park
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Roane County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
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) - Bucktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Cave Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cave Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Chestnut Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Loudon County
- Eve Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Hall Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hall Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ferry
- Hall Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Huntsville is located in Loudon County
- Lake-A-Wana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake-A-Wana have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake-A-Wana
- Lake-A-Wana is located in Roane County
- Maple Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Spring
- Maple Spring is located in Loudon County
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Old Sweetwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sweetwater
- Old Sweetwater is located in Monroe County
- Paint Rock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paint Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Paint Rock is located in Roane County
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- Pond Creek Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pond Creek Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Ferry
- Pond Creek Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Poplar Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Poplar Springs is located in Loudon County
- Prospect
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Robinson Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
- Robinson Mill is located in Loudon County
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pond Creek Ferry
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<3> 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]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Loudon City Park to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,933 miles [7,938.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Loudon City Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Loudon County: www.loudoncounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Loudon City Park) to Point B.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> | 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 Loudon City Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.313 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.025 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.786 degrees. |