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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 Mount Helen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Helen 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 Mount Helen:
- 36.395631, -84.709664
- 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 Mount Helen
- 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 Fentress County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fentress County
- Since Mount Helen is near Morgan County and also Scott 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 Scott 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 Mount Helen
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Helen ...
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.
- Black Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Black Oak is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Burrville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Coal Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Hill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Goad
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Goad is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goad
- Howard Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Ford is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Ford
- Key Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Key Ford is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Ford
- Mountain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain View is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Robbins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rugby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Speck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Speck is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck
- Three Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Three Forks is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From Mount Helen to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mount Helen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mount Helen and extending to:
- Jamestown, which is the Seat of Fentress County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Helen to Jamestown, 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 116 miles [186.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 453 miles [729 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 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,919 miles [7,916.4 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- Mount Helen) 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 Mount Helen 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 Mount Helen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3956, Longitude: -84.7097 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Helen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.53 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.37 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.748 degrees. |
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