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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 Minersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minersville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Minersville:
    • 36.160912, -84.207146
    • 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 Minersville
  • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Minersville is near Campbell County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell 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 Minersville

Communities Also Named Minersville ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Minersville.

Within Tennessee, the name Minersville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Trinity County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Minersville [Trinity County].
    • Kansas
      • Cloud 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 Minersville [Cloud County].
      • Republic 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 Minersville [Republic County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Minersville [Baltimore City].
    • Missouri
      • Christian County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Christian County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Minersville.
    • Nebraska
      • Otoe County
      • This Minersville is located in Otoe County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Minersville that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otoe County community of Minersville.
    • Ohio
      • Meigs County
      • This Minersville is located in Meigs County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Minersville that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Minersville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • This Minersville is located in Cambria County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Minersville that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Minersville.
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Minersville is located in Schuylkill County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km] to the northeast of the Minersville that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Minersville.
    • Utah
      • Beaver County
      • This Minersville is located in Beaver County and lies 1,579 miles [2,541.2 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Minersville that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Minersville.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette 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 West Virginia community of Minersville [Fayette County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Ashland County
      • This Minersville is located in Ashland County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Minersville that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashland County community of Minersville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Minersville ...

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.

  • Clinchmore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinchmore is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchmore
  • Disney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Disney is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disney
  • Dutch Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Dutch Valley is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Valley
  • Frost
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Frost is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
  • Frost Bottom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Frost Bottom is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Bottom
  • Granite
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Granite is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
  • Hillvale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hillvale is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillvale
  • Hinds Creek ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hinds Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinds Creek
  • Knapp ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Knapp is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
  • Maples
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Maples is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
  • Moore Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Moore Ferry is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Ferry
  • Rocky Top
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Top
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
    • Former names for Rocky Top:
    • Coal Creek
    • Lake City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Top <4>
  • Slatestone
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Slatestone is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatestone
  • Stainville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stainville is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stainville

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

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

  • Clinton, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Minersville to Nashville, with an average speed<5>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 435 miles [700.1 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,319 miles [10,169.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,031 miles [11,315.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Minersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Minersville 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Minersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Minersville 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 Minersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1609, Longitude: -84.2071       In this case, the coordinates for Minersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.22 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.981 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.60 degrees.