Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Murrelltown:
  • 36.481480, -83.127671
  • 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 Murrelltown

• 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 Murrelltown is near Hancock County and also Grainger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 Murrelltown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Murrelltown ...

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.

• Camelot
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Camelot is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
• Chestnut Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Chestnut Grove is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
• Choptack
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Choptack is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptack
• Cloud Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cloud Creek is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Creek
• Dry Branch
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Dry Branch is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
• Duck Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
• Friendship
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Friendship is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
• Frost Ford
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Frost Ford is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Ford
• Lee Valley
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Lee Valley is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Valley
• Luther
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Luther is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
• Rock Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Rock Hill is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
• Treadway
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Treadway is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadway

How Far From Murrelltown to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Murrelltown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Murrelltown to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 372 miles [598.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,846 miles [7,798.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'