Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 North Etowah:
  • 35.342018, -84.529098
  • 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 North Etowah

• 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 McMinn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn County
  • Since North Etowah is near Polk County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 North Etowah

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Etowah ...

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.

• Balltown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Balltown is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
• Carlock
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Carlock is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
• Goodsprings
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
• Goosetown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Goosetown is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetown
• Grady
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Grady is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
• Liberty Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty Hill is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
• Piney Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Piney Grove is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
• Seven Cedars
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Seven Cedars is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Cedars
• Yancey ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Yancey is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey
• Zion Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Zion Hill is located in McMinn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

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

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

• Athens, which is the Seat of McMinn County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• 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 North Etowah to Nashville, with an average speed<2>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 479 miles [770.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,080 miles [11,394.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,957 miles [7,977.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'