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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 Ozone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ozone 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 Ozone:
    • 36.508397, -85.283295
    • 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 Ozone
  • 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 Overton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Overton County
    • Since Ozone is near Pickett County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickett County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Ozone

Communities Also Named Ozone ...

We found four communities that are also named Ozone.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Ozone.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Cumberland County
      • This Ozone is located in Cumberland County and lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Ozone that is located in Overton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Ozone.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Johnson County
      • This Ozone is located in Johnson County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the west of the Ozone that is located in Overton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Ozone.
    • Idaho
      • Bonneville County
      • This Ozone is located in Bonneville County and lies 1,476 miles [2,375.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ozone that is located in Overton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonneville County community of Ozone.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Ozone.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ozone ...

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.

  • Big Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Big Springs is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
  • Boom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Boom is located in Pickett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boom
  • Eagle Creek ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Eagle Creek is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Creek
  • Fox Springs ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Fox Springs is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Springs
  • Free Communion
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Free Communion is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Communion
  • Grey ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Grey is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey
  • Howard Chapel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Howard Chapel is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Chapel
  • Independence
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Independence is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Lillydale ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lillydale is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillydale
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Plain Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Plain Grove is located in Pickett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain Grove
    • Rocky Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rocky Ridge is located in Overton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
    • Sunset
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Sunset is located in Pickett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
    • Timothy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Timothy is located in Overton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
    • Unity
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Unity is located in Overton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
    • Willow Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Grove is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

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

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

  • Livingston, which is the Seat of Overton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ozone to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,939 miles [7,948.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ozone) 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 Ozone 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 Ozone 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 Ozone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5084, Longitude: -85.2833       In this case, the coordinates for Ozone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.883 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.792 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.962 degrees.