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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 Pattie Gap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pattie Gap and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Pattie Gap:
    • 35.724241, -84.531877
    • 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 Pattie Gap
  • 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 Roane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
    • Since Pattie Gap is near Loudon County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Pattie Gap

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pattie Gap ...

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.

  • Anglers Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Anglers Cove is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Cove
  • Cedar Fork
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Fork is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fork
  • Erie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Erie is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Half Moon Shores
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Half Moon Shores is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon Shores
  • Holiday Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Hood Landing Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Hood Landing Ferry is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Landing Ferry
  • Idle Oaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Idle Oaks is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idle Oaks
  • Iron Divide ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Iron Divide is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
  • Lake Shadow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Shadow is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shadow
  • Long Island Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Long Island Ferry is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island Ferry
  • Old Sweetwater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Sweetwater is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sweetwater
  • Paint Rock ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Paint Rock is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Pond Creek Ferry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Pond Creek Ferry is located in Loudon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Ferry
    • Ponders
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ponders is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponders
    • Prospect
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Prospect is located in Loudon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
    • Regret ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Regret is located in McMinn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regret
    • Riddles Store
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Riddles Store is located in McMinn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddles Store
    • Rockwood Ferry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockwood Ferry is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Ferry
    • Surprise
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Surprise is located in Meigs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Pattie Gap once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pattie Gap and extending to:

  • Kingston, which is the Seat of Roane County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pattie Gap to Kingston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 466 miles [750 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,353 miles [10,224.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,064 miles [11,368.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,940 miles [7,950.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pattie Gap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pattie Gap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Pattie Gap 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 Pattie Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7242, Longitude: -84.5319       In this case, the coordinates for Pattie Gap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.406 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.132 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.85 degrees.