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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 New Providence, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Providence 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 New Providence:
    • 35.777854, -84.349646
    • 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 New Providence
  • 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 Loudon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
    • Since New Providence is near Roane County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane 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 New Providence

Communities Also Named New Providence ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named New Providence.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named New Providence.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Montgomery County
      • This New Providence is located in Montgomery County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Providence that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of New Providence.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Crenshaw County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of New Providence [Crenshaw County].
      • Tallapoosa County
      • This New Providence is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the New Providence that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of New Providence.
    • Georgia
      • Wilkinson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of New Providence [Wilkinson County].
    • Illinois
      • Greene County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of New Providence [Greene County].
    • Indiana
      • Clark County
      • This New Providence is located in Clark County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the New Providence that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of New Providence.
    • Iowa
      • Hardin County
      • This New Providence is located in Hardin County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the New Providence that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of New Providence.
    • Kentucky
      • Calloway County
      • This New Providence is located in Calloway County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Providence that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calloway County community of New Providence.
      • Clark County
      • This New Providence is located in Clark County and lies 151 miles [243 km] to the north of the New Providence that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of New Providence.
    • Mississippi
      • Newton County
      • This New Providence is located in Newton County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the New Providence that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of New Providence.
    • New Jersey
      • Union County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of New Providence [Union County].
    • North Carolina
      • Currituck County
      • This New Providence is located in Currituck County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the east of the New Providence that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Currituck County community of New Providence.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This New Providence is located in Lancaster County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the New Providence that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of New Providence.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Providence ...

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.

  • Bucktown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bucktown is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
  • Cave Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cave Creek is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Hall Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hall Ferry is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ferry
  • Huntsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Huntsville is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
  • Lake-A-Wana
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lake-A-Wana is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake-A-Wana
  • Oak Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Oral
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Oral is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral
  • Pleasant View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant View is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Pond Creek Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pond Creek Ferry is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Ferry
  • Poplar Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Poplar Springs is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
  • Robinson Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Robinson Mill is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
  • Silver Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Silver Ridge is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Providence and extending to:

  • Loudon, which is the Seat of Loudon County, lies just to the South.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from New Providence to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 455 miles [732.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,343 miles [10,208.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,054 miles [11,352.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,930 miles [7,934.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Providence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that New Providence could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 New Providence 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 New Providence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7779, Longitude: -84.3496       In this case, the coordinates for New Providence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.298 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.015 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.761 degrees.