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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 Midtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midtown 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 Midtown:
    • 35.879519, -84.564102
    • 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 Midtown
  • 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 Roane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
    • Since Midtown is near Morgan County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Midtown

Communities Also Named Midtown ...

We found four communities that are also named Midtown.

Within Tennessee, the name Midtown is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Butte 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 California community of Midtown [Butte County].
    • Georgia
      • Fulton 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 Georgia community of Midtown [Fulton County].
    • North Carolina
      • Moore County
      • This Midtown is located in Moore County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the east of the Midtown that is located in Roane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Midtown.
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum 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 Ohio community of Midtown [Muskingum County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Midtown ...

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.

  • Anglers Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Anglers Cove is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Cove
  • Cherokee Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • Glen Wright
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Glen Wright is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wright
  • Green Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • High Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • High Point is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Holiday Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Holiday Shores is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Shores
  • Hood Landing Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hood Landing Ferry is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Landing Ferry
  • Idle Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Idle Oaks is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idle Oaks
  • Iron Divide ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Iron Divide is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
  • James Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • James Ferry is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Ferry
  • Laddie Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Laddie Village is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
  • Lake Shadow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lake Shadow is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shadow
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Lake Shore
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Shore is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
    • Lakeview
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Lakeview is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lawnville Meadows
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Lawnville Meadows is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnville Meadows
    • Ponderosa
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Ponderosa is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
    • Postoak
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Postoak is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
      • Postoak has also been known as:
      • Post Oak Springs
    • Suburban Shores
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Suburban Shores is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Shores
    • Twin Rivers Ferry
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Twin Rivers Ferry is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers Ferry

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Midtown and extending to:

  • Kingston, which is the Seat of Roane County, lies just to the East.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Midtown to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,059 miles [11,360.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,935 miles [7,942.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Midtown 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Midtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Midtown 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 Midtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8795, Longitude: -84.5641       In this case, the coordinates for Midtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.43 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.181 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.823 degrees.