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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 Nenny, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nenny 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 Nenny:
- 36.244540, -83.144610
- 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 Nenny
- 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 Hamblen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
- Since Nenny is near Hawkins County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Nenny
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nenny ...
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.
- Bright Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bright Ferry is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Ferry
- Bulls Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cheeks Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cheeks Crossroads is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
- Chuckey Bend ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chuckey Bend is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckey Bend
- Creek Store
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Creek Store is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Store
- Dover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Jaybird
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jaybird is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Kentucky Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kentucky Heights is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Heights
- Mohawk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mohawk is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Needmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Needmore is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rocky Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Silver City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Skinner Crossroad
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Skinner Crossroad is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Crossroad
- Springvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Springvale is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
How Far From Nenny 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 Nenny to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nenny and extending to:
- Morristown, which is the Seat of Hamblen County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Nenny to Morristown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 202 miles [325.1 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 381 miles [613.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nenny) 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 Nenny 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 Nenny. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2445, Longitude: -83.1446 In this case, the coordinates for Nenny have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.582 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.26 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.136 degrees. |
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