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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 Ocoee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ocoee 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 Ocoee:
- 35.126878, -84.717110
- 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 Ocoee
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Ocoee is near Bradley County and also Murray County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Murray 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 Ocoee
Communities Also Named Ocoee ...
We found two communities that are also named Ocoee.
Within Tennessee, the name Ocoee is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Orange County
- This Ocoee is located in Orange County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Ocoee that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Ocoee.
- Kansas
- Reno 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 Kansas community of Ocoee [Reno County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ocoee ...
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.
- American Heritage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- American Heritage is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Heritage
- Ball Play
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Spring is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Spring
- Cooks Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cooks Ferry is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Ferry
- Foxfire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foxfire is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Grief ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grief is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grief
- Heritage Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Heritage Hills is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Parksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parksville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Peach Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Pumpkin Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Rolling Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rolling Brook is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Brook
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Royal Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Oak is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Tasso
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tasso is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso
- Tasso Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tasso Heights is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso Heights
- Twin Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Twin Oaks is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Union Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Whisperwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whisperwood is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwood
How Far From Ocoee to ...
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 Ocoee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ocoee and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Ocoee 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 496 miles [798.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,389 miles [10,282.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,974 miles [8,004.9 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 from Point A (ie- Ocoee) 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 Ocoee 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 Ocoee 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 Ocoee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1269, Longitude: -84.7171 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.50 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.156 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.079 degrees. |
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