Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mayo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mayo and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mayo
- 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 Mayo:
- 36.019807, -83.795736
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mayo
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Mayo is near Jefferson County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mayo ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Mayo.
Within Tennessee, the name Mayo is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Florida
- Lafayette County
- This Mayo is located in Lafayette County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<2> to the south of the Mayo that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Mayo.
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Mayo [Orange County].
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Quebec
- This Mayo lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Mayo that is located in Knox County.
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Halifax County
- This Mayo is located in Halifax County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<2> to the east of the Mayo that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Mayo.
- Henry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mayo [Henry County].
- Yukon
- This Mayo lies 2,873 miles [4,623.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Mayo that is located in Knox County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mayo ...
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.
- Carter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Forks of the River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forks of the River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of the River
- Forks of the River is located in Knox County
- Highpoint ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - John Sevier
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Sevier
- John Sevier is located in Knox County
- Kings Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
- Kings Valley is located in Knox County
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
- Loveland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Marbledale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marbledale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbledale
- Marbledale is located in Knox County
- Mascot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Mule Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mule Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mule Hollow
- Mule Hollow is located in Knox County
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- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Ruggles Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruggles Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles Ferry
- Ruggles Ferry is located in Knox County
- Spring Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Place
- Spring Place is located in Knox County
- Stony Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Stony Point is located in Knox County
- Sunrise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Three Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Three Points is located in Knox County
- Oak Grove
How Far From Mayo 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 Mayo 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<4> community of Mayo once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mayo and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Mayo to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 420 miles [675.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,309 miles [10,153.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,019 miles [11,296 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,895 miles [7,877.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Mayo could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mayo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mayo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0198, Longitude: -83.7957 In this case, the coordinates for Mayo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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 Mayo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mayo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.97 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.673 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.467 degrees. |