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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 Maloneyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maloneyville 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 Maloneyville:
- 36.086732, -83.835624
- 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 Maloneyville
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Maloneyville is near Union County and also Grainger 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 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 Maloneyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maloneyville ...
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.
- Beverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarchase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedarchase is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarchase
- Copper Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Copper Ridge is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
- Fountaincrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fountaincrest is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaincrest
- Freeway
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Freeway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeway
- Halls
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Halls is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Halls Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Halls Crossroads is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Crossroads
- Highpoint ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highpoint is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Homestead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Homestead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- House Mountain ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- House Mountain is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Mountain
- John Sevier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kings Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kings Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Loveland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Loveland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Mascot
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mascot is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 people
- Mayo ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mayo is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,366 people
- Mill Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mill Run is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Murphy Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ruggles Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ruggles Ferry is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles Ferry
- Spring Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spring Place is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Place
- Still Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Still Brook is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Brook
- Sunrise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunrise is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Three Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Three Points is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
How Far From Maloneyville 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 Maloneyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Maloneyville and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Maloneyville to Knoxville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,018 miles [11,294.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maloneyville) 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 Maloneyville 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 Maloneyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0867, Longitude: -83.8356 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.995 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.711 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.465 degrees. |
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