Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Manring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manring and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Manring

• 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 Manring:
  • 36.558414, -83.813807
  • 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 Manring

• 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 Claiborne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne County
  • Since Manring is near Bell County and also Campbell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bell 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 Manring

Curious and Interesting Names Near Manring ...

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.

• Fork Ridge
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Fork Ridge is located in Claiborne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Ridge
• Marion
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Marion is located in Claiborne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
• Pleasant ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant is located in Claiborne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant
• Premier
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Premier is located in Bell County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier
• Reliance
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Reliance is located in Claiborne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
• Stony Fork Junction
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction
• Town Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Town Creek is located in Claiborne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
• Valley Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Valley Creek is located in Claiborne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Creek
• Yellow Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Yellow Creek is located in Bell County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Manring and extending to:

• Tazewell, which is the Seat of Claiborne County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Manring to Tazewell, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 167 miles [268.8 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 403 miles [648.6 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 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,873 miles [7,842.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'