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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 Loyston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loyston 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 Loyston:
- 36.265357, -83.950516
- 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 Loyston
- 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 Loyston is near Anderson County and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell 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 Loyston
Curious and Interesting Names Near Loyston ...
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.
- Cloud Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cloud Ford is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
- Duke ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Duke is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Forkvale ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forkvale is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkvale
- Gooseneck
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gooseneck is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
- Hurricane Branch ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hurricane Branch is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
- Loo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loo is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
- Lost Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Melbourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Melbourne is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Mossy Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mossy Spring is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Spring
- Paulette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raccoon Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Raccoon Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Valley
- Rule ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rule is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
- Stokes Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stokes Mill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Mill
- Walnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Loyston 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 Loyston 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 Loyston once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Loyston and extending to:
- Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the East.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Loyston 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 419 miles [674.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,304 miles [10,145.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,016 miles [11,291.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,891 miles [7,871.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Loyston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Loyston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Loyston 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 Loyston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2654, Longitude: -83.9505 In this case, the coordinates for Loyston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.067 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.82 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.465 degrees. |
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