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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 Maucks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maucks 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 Maucks:
- 36.135661, -82.598478
- 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 Maucks
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Maucks is near Greene County and also Unicoi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi 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 Maucks
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maucks ...
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.
- Bethany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Bumpus Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Chestnut Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Chuckey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Former name for Clear Branch:
- Kittyton
- Fordville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fordville is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordville
- Graham Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graham Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Mill
- Gravel Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Greystone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greystone is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Hacker ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hacker is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacker
- Horse Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Liberty
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Liberty is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Limestone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mayday
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mayday is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday
- Painter Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Painter Spring is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Spring
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rocky Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Fork is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Fork
- Shallowford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shallowford is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallowford
- Temple Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Temple Hill is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill
How Far From Maucks to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Maucks 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 Maucks once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Maucks and extending to:
- Jonesborough, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Maucks to Jonesborough, with an average speed<4> 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 232 miles [373.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,254 miles [10,064.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 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 Maucks, 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' (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- Maucks) 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 Maucks 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 Maucks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1357, Longitude: -82.5985 In this case, the coordinates for Maucks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.255 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.869 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.942 degrees. |
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