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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loudon 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:
- 35.738038, -84.342105
- 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
- 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 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
Communities Also Named Loudon ...
We found five communities that are also named Loudon.
Within Tennessee, the name Loudon is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Loudon is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Loudon that is located in Loudon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Loudon.
- New Hampshire
- Merrimack County
- This Loudon is located in Merrimack County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Loudon that is located in Loudon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Loudon.
- Ohio
- Tuscarawas County
- This Loudon is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Loudon that is located in Loudon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Loudon.
- Pennsylvania
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Loudon [Franklin County].
- West Virginia
- Loudon #
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Loudon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Loudon ...
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 south)
- Big Piney is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Piney
- Bucktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bucktown is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Cave Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Hall Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ferry
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Lake-A-Wana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake-A-Wana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake-A-Wana
- Maple Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Spring is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Spring
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pond Creek Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pond Creek Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Ferry
- Poplar Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Poplar Springs is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Prospect
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prospect is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Robinson Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Robinson Mill is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
- Silver Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Ridge is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
How Far From Loudon 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 town such as Loudon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Loudon and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Loudon 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 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 456 miles [733.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,345 miles [10,211.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,055 miles [11,353.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,931 miles [7,935.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Loudon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Loudon could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7380, Longitude: -84.3421 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.292 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.003 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.768 degrees. |
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