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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 Phebe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Phebe 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 Phebe:
- 36.396468, -83.879083
- 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 Phebe
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Phebe is near Campbell County and also Claiborne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne 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 Phebe
Communities Also Named Phebe ...
We found one communities that are also named Phebe.
Within Tennessee, the name Phebe is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Phebe in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nebraska
- Perkins County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Perkins County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perkins County community of Phebe.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Phebe ...
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.
- Flat Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flat Hollow is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Hollow
- Irwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Long Hollow ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Long Hollow is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
- Loo ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Loo is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
- Lost Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Mossy Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mossy Spring is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Spring
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant
- Rule ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rule is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
- Speedwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Phebe to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Phebe 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 community of Phebe once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Phebe and extending to:
- Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Phebe to Maynardville, with an average speed<4> 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 162 miles [260.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,295 miles [10,130.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,883 miles [7,858.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Phebe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Phebe) 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 Phebe 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 Phebe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3965, Longitude: -83.8791 In this case, the coordinates for Phebe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.026 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.791 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.399 degrees. |
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