Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Park Settlement:
  • 35.720922, -83.693504
  • 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 Park Settlement

• 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 Sevier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
  • Since Park Settlement is near Blount County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Park Settlement

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park Settlement ...

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.

• Chalet Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Chalet Village is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village
• Cold Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cold Springs is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
• Cove Creek Cascades
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cove Creek Cascades is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek Cascades
• Hatchertown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Hatchertown is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchertown
• Hornet
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hornet is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
• Knob Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Knob Creek is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
• Line Spring
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Line Spring is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Spring
• Little Cove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Little Cove is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cove
• Prospect
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Prospect is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
• Red Bank
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Bank is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
• Rocky Branch
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
  • Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
• Sunshine
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunshine is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine

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

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

• Sevierville, which is the Seat of Sevier County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Park Settlement to Sevierville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 175 miles [281.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 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 6,318 miles [10,167.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,904 miles [7,892.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'