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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 Mowls Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mowls Mill 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 Mowls Mill:
- 36.397042, -82.860994
- 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 Mowls Mill
- 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 Hawkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
- Since Mowls Mill is near Greene County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Mowls Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mowls Mill ...
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.
- Big Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Blossom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Butcher ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Butcher is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher
- Chalk Level
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chalk Level is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Christian Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Christian Bend is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Bend
- Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Guntown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Guntown is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntown
- Hickory Cove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Cove is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Cove
- Holland Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Mill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Mill
- Honeycutt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Honeycutt is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycutt
- Locust Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Springs
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Longs Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Longs Bend is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Bend
- Lyons Store ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lyons Store is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Store
- Mount Hope ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Spears ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spears is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
- Stacy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stacy is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Stony Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stony Point is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Woodlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Zion Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zion Hill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From Mowls Mill 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 Mowls Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mowls Mill and extending to:
- Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies just to the West.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Mowls Mill to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 362 miles [582.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,253 miles [10,063.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mowls Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Mowls Mill 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 Mowls Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3970, Longitude: -82.8610 In this case, the coordinates for Mowls Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.414 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.089 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.975 degrees. |
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