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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 Lucilla, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lucilla 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 Lucilla:
- 36.059810, -83.572952
- 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 Lucilla
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Lucilla is near Sevier County and also Grainger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 Lucilla
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lucilla ...
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.
- Deep Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
- Dumplin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Dumplin Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dumplin Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin Mill
- Flat Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Four Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Four Points is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Friends Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Friends Station is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Station
- Gravelly Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelly Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Hill
- Greenhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhill
- Hickory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hickory is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Kodak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rocky Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Strawberry Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Lucilla 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 Lucilla 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<2> community of Lucilla once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lucilla and extending to:
- Dandridge, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lucilla to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 408 miles [656.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,298 miles [10,135.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,884 miles [7,860 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Lucilla, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lucilla) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lucilla 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 Lucilla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0598, Longitude: -83.5730 In this case, the coordinates for Lucilla have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.837 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.526 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.364 degrees. |
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