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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 Mayview Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mayview Heights 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 Mayview Heights:
- 36.046192, -84.009634
- 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 Mayview Heights
- 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 Mayview Heights is near Anderson County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Mayview Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mayview Heights ...
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.
- Black Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Black Oak is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Bull Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bull Run is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Cedar Flats
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedar Flats is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flats
- Cherokee Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Ridge is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Ridge
- Cherrybrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cherrybrook is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrybrook
- Deep Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deep Creek is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Dry Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dry Gap is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Gap
- Fieldview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fieldview is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldview
- Fountain City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fountain City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Fountaincrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fountaincrest is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaincrest
- Freeway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freeway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeway
- Grand Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Oaks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Oaks
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Halls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Halls is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Halls Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Crossroads is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Crossroads
- Highland View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland View is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
- Mapleview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleview is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleview
- Pleasant Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pleasant Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Ridgedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ridgedale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
- Shadow Wood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shadow Wood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Wood
- Whispering Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Whispering Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
How Far From Mayview Heights 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 Mayview Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mayview Heights and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Mayview Heights to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 429 miles [690.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,903 miles [7,890.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mayview Heights) 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 Mayview Heights 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 Mayview Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0462, Longitude: -84.0096 In this case, the coordinates for Mayview Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.099 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.825 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.549 degrees. |
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