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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 Nances Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nances Grove 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 Nances Grove:
- 36.122309, -83.600455
- 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 Nances Grove
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Nances Grove is near Grainger County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Nances Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nances Grove ...
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.
- Agreeable ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Agreeable is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agreeable
- Blaine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Flat Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Four Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Four Points is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Friends Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friends Station is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Station
- Gravelly Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gravelly Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Hill
- Hickory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Indian Cave Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Indian Cave Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cave Ferry
- Maples ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maples is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Mitchell Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell Ford is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Ford
- Oars Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oars Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oars Ferry
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rocky Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Strawberry Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sycamore Spring is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Spring
How Far From Nances Grove 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 Nances Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nances Grove and extending to:
- Dandridge, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nances Grove to Dandridge, 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 177 miles [284.9 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 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 407 miles [655 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,296 miles [10,132.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,882 miles [7,856.8 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 '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- Nances Grove) 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 Nances Grove 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 Nances Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1223, Longitude: -83.6005 In this case, the coordinates for Nances Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.854 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.555 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.358 degrees. |
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