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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 Piney Flats, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piney Flats 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 Piney Flats:
- 36.419186, -82.304820
- 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 Piney Flats
- 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 Piney Flats is near Washington County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter 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 Piney Flats
Curious and Interesting Names Near Piney Flats ...
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.
- Bluff City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boring is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boring
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Central
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Crouch Crossroad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crouch Crossroad is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch Crossroad
- Fairlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairlawn is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Flourville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fourville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourville
- Green Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Gross Crossroad
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gross Crossroad is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Crossroad
- Hall Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hall Ford is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Ford
- Hill-N-Dale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hill-N-Dale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill-N-Dale
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hillrise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillrise is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillrise
- Keystone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Keystone is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Meadowview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Meadowview is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pine Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Piney Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Piney Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Range
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Rock Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rock Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Rocky Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Springs is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Sinking Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sinking Creek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Creek
- Stoney Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stoney Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- Timberlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Timberlake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Walnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Piney Flats 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 Piney Flats to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Piney Flats and extending to:
- Blountville, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Piney Flats to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 334 miles [537.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Piney Flats) 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 Piney Flats 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 Piney Flats. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4192, Longitude: -82.3048 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.082 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.712 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.739 degrees. |
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