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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 Navehill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Navehill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Navehill:
    • 36.282304, -83.721575
    • 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 Navehill
  • 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Since Navehill is near Grainger County and also Claiborne 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 Claiborne 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 Navehill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Navehill ...

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.

  • Chestnut Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Cupp Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cupp Mill is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupp Mill
  • Elm Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Elm Springs is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Springs
  • Hurricane Branch ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hurricane Branch is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
  • Irwin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Irwin is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
  • Joppa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Joppa is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
  • Liberty Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty Hill is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Lickskillet
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lickskillet is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
  • Little Barren
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Little Barren is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Barren
  • Loo ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Loo is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
  • Maples ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Maples is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
  • Oak Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pinhook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Pinhook is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
    • Powder Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Powder Springs is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs
    • Raccoon Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Raccoon Valley is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Valley
    • Rose Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Rose Hill is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Sunset
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Sunset is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
    • Union
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Union is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

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

  • Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Navehill to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,881 miles [7,855.2 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 from Point A (ie- Navehill) 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 Navehill 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 Navehill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2823, Longitude: -83.7216       In this case, the coordinates for Navehill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.929 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.664 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.365 degrees.