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 Northport:
35.975097, -83.179602
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 Northport
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 Cocke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eleven communities that are also named Northport.
Within Tennessee, the name Northport is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Northport is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Northport that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Northport.
Maine
Waldo County
This Northport is located in Waldo County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Northport that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Northport.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Northport is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Northport that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Northport.
Michigan
Leelanau County
This Northport is located in Leelanau County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the north of the Northport that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leelanau County community of Northport.
Nebraska
Morrill County
This Northport is located in Morrill County and lies 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Northport that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrill County community of Northport.
New York
Suffolk County
This Northport is located in Suffolk County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Northport that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Northport.
Nova Scotia
This Northport lies 1,214 miles [1,953.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Northport that is located in Cocke County.
Prince Edward Island
This Northport lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Northport that is located in Cocke County.
Washington
Stevens County
This Northport is located in Stevens County and lies 1,953 miles [3,143 km]<1> to the northwest of the Northport that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stevens County community of Northport.
Wisconsin
Door County
This Northport is located in Door County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Northport that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Door County community of Northport.
Waupaca County
This Northport is located in Waupaca County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km] to the north northwest of the Northport that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waupaca County community of Northport.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Northport ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Northport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Northport and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Northport to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 392 miles [630.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,870 miles [7,837.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Northport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Northport 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 Northport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9751, Longitude: -83.1796 In this case, the coordinates for Northport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.60 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.242 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.225 degrees.