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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 Lulaville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lulaville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lulaville:
    • 36.257863, -83.575459
    • 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 Lulaville
  • 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 Grainger County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger County
    • Since Lulaville is near Union County and also Hamblen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen 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 Lulaville

Communities Also Named Lulaville ...

We found two communities that are also named Lulaville.

Within Tennessee, the name Lulaville is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Ben Hill County
      • This Lulaville is located in Ben Hill County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the south of the Lulaville that is located in Grainger County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ben Hill County community of Lulaville.
      • Columbia County
      • This Lulaville is located in Columbia County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km] to the south southeast of the Lulaville that is located in Grainger County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Lulaville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lulaville ...

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.

  • Agreeable ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Agreeable is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agreeable
  • Buffalo Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Buffalo Springs is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
  • Cherokee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherokee is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
  • Elm Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Elm Springs is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Springs
  • Hammer Store
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hammer Store is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer Store
  • Indian Cave Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Indian Cave Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cave Ferry
  • Joppa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Joppa is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
  • Liberty Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty Hill is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Powder Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Powder Springs is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs
  • Sunset
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sunset is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
  • Sycamore Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Sycamore Spring is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Spring
  • Williams Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Williams Springs is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Springs

How Far From Lulaville 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 community such as Lulaville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lulaville and extending to:

  • Rutledge, which is the Seat of Grainger County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lulaville to Nashville, with an average speed<2>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 401 miles [645.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,289 miles [10,121.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,999 miles [11,263.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,875 miles [7,845.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lulaville) 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 Lulaville 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 Lulaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2579, Longitude: -83.5755       In this case, the coordinates for Lulaville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.841 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.559 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.311 degrees.