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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 McCloud, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCloud 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 McCloud:
- 36.366763, -82.969885
- 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 McCloud
- 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 Hawkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
- Since McCloud is near Greene County and also Hamblen 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 Hamblen 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 McCloud
Communities Also Named McCloud ...
We found six communities that are also named McCloud.
Within Tennessee, the name McCloud is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Siskiyou County
- This McCloud is located in Siskiyou County and lies 2,116 miles [3,405.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McCloud that is located in Hawkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of McCloud.
- Kansas
- Pawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of McCloud [Pawnee County].
- Rawlins County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of McCloud [Rawlins County].
- Sherman County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of McCloud [Sherman County].
- Montana
- Prairie County
- This McCloud is located in Prairie County and lies 1,368 miles [2,201.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the McCloud that is located in Hawkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prairie County community of McCloud.
- West Virginia
- Mingo County
- This McCloud is located in Mingo County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the McCloud that is located in Hawkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mingo County community of McCloud.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCloud ...
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.
- Butcher ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Butcher is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher
- Chalk Level
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chalk Level is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Couch ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Couch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
- Enterprise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Flora Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Flora Ferry is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Ferry
- Guntown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Guntown is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntown
- Longtown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Longtown is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Rogersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Romeo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Spears ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spears is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
How Far From McCloud 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 McCloud to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McCloud and extending to:
- Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from McCloud to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 368 miles [592.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,259 miles [10,072.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,844 miles [7,795.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- McCloud) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 McCloud 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 McCloud 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 McCloud. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3668, Longitude: -82.9699 In this case, the coordinates for McCloud have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.479 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.159 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.029 degrees. |
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