Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McMullens:
  • 35.716468, -84.172691
  • 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 McMullens

• 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
  • Since McMullens is near Loudon County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 McMullens

Curious and Interesting Names Near McMullens ...

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.

• Big Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Big Springs is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
  • Big Springs has also been known as:
  • Cliff
• Centersville
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Centersville is located in Loudon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
• Disco
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Disco is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
• Friendsville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Friendsville is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 902 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friendsville <1>
• Gooseneck
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gooseneck is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
• Greenback
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Greenback is located in Loudon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,238 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenback <1>
• Jena
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jena is located in Loudon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
• Marble Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Marble Hill is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
• Meadow
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Meadow is located in Loudon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
• Waterhaven
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Waterhaven is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterhaven

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McMullens and extending to:

• Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from McMullens to Maryville, with an average speed<3> 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 148 miles [238.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 449 miles [722.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,339 miles [10,201.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,925 miles [7,926 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'