Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Naillontown:
  • 35.799543, -83.131261
  • 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 Naillontown

• 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 Cocke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cocke County
  • Since Naillontown is near Haywood County and also Sevier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Haywood County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier 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 Naillontown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Naillontown ...

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.

• Click Mill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Click Mill is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click Mill
• English Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • English Creek is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Creek
• Grassy Fork
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Grassy Fork is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Fork
• Jenkins Mill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jenkins Mill is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Mill
• Licklog
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Licklog is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Licklog
• London
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • London is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
• Pleasant Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Raven Branch
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Raven Branch is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Branch
• Read Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Read Hill is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read Hill
• Tom Town
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tom Town is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Naillontown once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Naillontown and extending to:

• Newport, which is the Seat of Cocke County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Naillontown to Newport, 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 205 miles [329.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 396 miles [637.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,291 miles [10,124.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,999 miles [11,263.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,875 miles [7,845.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'