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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 Petlier, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Petlier 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 Petlier:
- 36.556489, -82.567930
- 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 Petlier
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Petlier is near Hawkins County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Petlier
Curious and Interesting Names Near Petlier ...
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.
- Beartown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Cherokee Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Cloud Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cloud Ford is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
- Eden Ridge ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eden Ridge is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Ridge
- Fox Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fox Run is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenfields
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfields is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfields
- Greenvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Harmony Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
- Howard Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Howard Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hill
- Kingsport
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Larkspur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Larkspur is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkspur
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Lewis Lane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lewis Lane is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Lane
- Long Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Long Island is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Lynn Garden
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lynn Garden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Garden
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
How Far From Petlier 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 Petlier 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<2> community of Petlier once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Petlier and extending to:
- Blountville, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Petlier to Blountville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 235 miles [378.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 342 miles [550.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,233 miles [10,031 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,819 miles [7,755.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Petlier, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Petlier) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Petlier 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 Petlier. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5565, Longitude: -82.5679 In this case, the coordinates for Petlier have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.239 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.912 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.808 degrees. |
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