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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 Luskville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Luskville 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 Luskville:
- 35.276422, -84.658602
- 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 Luskville
- 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 McMinn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn County
- Since Luskville is near Polk County and also Bradley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley 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 Luskville
Communities Also Named Luskville ...
We found one communities that are also named Luskville.
Within Tennessee, the name Luskville is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Luskville in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Quebec
- This Luskville lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Luskville that is located in McMinn County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Luskville ...
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.
- Balltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Balltown is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Carlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carlock is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
- Columbus ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Cooks Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cooks Ferry is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Ferry
- Dentville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dentville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentville
- Double Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Double Springs is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Goodsprings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goosetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goosetown is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetown
- Grief ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grief is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grief
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Old Patty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Patty is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Patty
- Patty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Patty is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty
- Piney Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Yancey ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yancey is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey
How Far From Luskville 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 Luskville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Luskville and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of McMinn County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Luskville to Athens, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 488 miles [785.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,089 miles [11,408.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,965 miles [7,990.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Luskville) 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 Luskville 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 Luskville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2764, Longitude: -84.6586 In this case, the coordinates for Luskville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.47 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.142 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.017 degrees. |
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