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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 Miser Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miser Station 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 Miser Station:
- 35.778414, -84.090466
- 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 Miser Station
- 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 Miser Station is near Knox County and also Loudon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon 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 Miser Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Miser Station ...
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.
- Bent Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bent Tree is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree
- Big Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Cactus Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cactus Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Cove
- Castaway Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Castaway Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castaway Cove
- Disco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Disco is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Friendsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gooseneck
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gooseneck is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
- Gravelly Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gravelly Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Hills
- Green Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Meadow is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Louisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mahoney Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mahoney Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoney Mill
- Middle Settlement
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Settlement is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Settlement
- Pumpkin Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Waterhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Waterhaven is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterhaven
How Far From Miser Station 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 Miser Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Miser Station and extending to:
- Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Miser Station to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 442 miles [711.3 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 6,332 miles [10,190.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,042 miles [11,333 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Miser Station) 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 Miser Station 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 Miser Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7784, Longitude: -84.0905 In this case, the coordinates for Miser Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.142 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.836 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.654 degrees. |
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