Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mossy Spring:
  • 36.354801, -83.920472
  • 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 Mossy Spring

• 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
  • Since Mossy Spring is near Campbell County and also Claiborne 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 Claiborne 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 Mossy Spring

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mossy Spring ...

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.

• Boy ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Boy is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy
• Cloud Ford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cloud Ford is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
• Flat Hollow
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Flat Hollow is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Hollow
• Forkvale ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Forkvale is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkvale
• Hurricane Branch ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hurricane Branch is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
• Irwin
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Irwin is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
• Long Hollow ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Long Hollow is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
• Loo ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Loo is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
• Lost Creek ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lost Creek is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
• Oak Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Rule ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Rule is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
• Victory
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Victory is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
• Walnut Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Walnut Grove is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mossy Spring and extending to:

• Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mossy Spring to Maynardville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 415 miles [667.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,011 miles [11,283.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,886 miles [7,863.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'