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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 North Knoxville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Knoxville 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 North Knoxville:
- 36.002027, -83.912407
- 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 Knoxville
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since North Knoxville is near Hamilton County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Knoxville
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Knoxville ...
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.
- Beverly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beverly is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Black Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Cedar Flats
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Flats is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flats
- Deep Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Deep Creek is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Dry Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Gap is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Gap
- Fieldview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldview is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldview
- Fountain City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Greenway
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Island Home
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Island Home is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Home
- Kings Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
- Lincoln Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Loveland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Loveland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Marble City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marble City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Mule Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mule Hollow is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mule Hollow
- Murphy Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Murphy Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Hills
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Park City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Park City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Ruggles Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ruggles Ferry is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles Ferry
- Spring Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Place is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Place
- Whittle Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Whittle Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittle Springs
How Far From North Knoxville 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 Knoxville 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 Knoxville and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from North Knoxville 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 426 miles [685.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,901 miles [7,887.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Knoxville) 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 North Knoxville 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 North Knoxville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0020, Longitude: -83.9124 In this case, the coordinates for North Knoxville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.039 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.75 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.52 degrees. |
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