Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pioneer Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pioneer Village and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pioneer Village
- 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 Pioneer Village:
- 35.773961, -84.721052
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pioneer Village
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Roane County
- Since Pioneer Village is near Rhea County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Rhea County
- eBird sighting report for Meigs 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pioneer Village ...
We found five communities that share the name Pioneer Village.
Within Tennessee, the name Pioneer Village is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Lee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Pioneer Village [Lee County].
- Georgia
- Troup County
- This Pioneer Village is located in Troup County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<2> to the south of the Pioneer Village that is located in Roane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Pioneer Village.
- Kentucky
- Bullitt County
- This Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Pioneer Village that is located in Roane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullitt County community of Pioneer Village.
- New York
- Chemung County
- This Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pioneer Village that is located in Roane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Pioneer Village.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Pioneer Village is located in Weber County and lies 1,519 miles [2,444.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pioneer Village that is located in Roane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Pioneer Village.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pioneer Village ...
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.
- Apollo Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apollo Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollo Shores
- Apollo Shores is located in Rhea County
- Cove Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cove Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Point
- Cove Point is located in Roane County
- Eagle Furnace
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Furnace
- Eagle Furnace is located in Roane County
- Eagle Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Eagle Point is located in Roane County
- Eureka
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Glen Alice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Alice have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Half Moon Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Half Moon Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon Shores
- Half Moon Shores is located in Roane County
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Iron Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- King Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Creek
- King Creek is located in Roane County
- Maple Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Maple Grove is located in Meigs County
- Mount Sulphur
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Sulphur have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sulphur
- Mount Sulphur is located in Rhea County
- Rockwood Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwood Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Ferry
- Rockwood Ferry is located in Roane County
- Smoke Rise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smoke Rise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Smoke Rise is located in Roane County
- Terrace View
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrace View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace View
- Terrace View is located in Rhea County
- King Creek ‑ Historic
How Far From Pioneer Village to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pioneer Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pioneer Village and extending to:
- Kingston, which is the Seat of Roane County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pioneer Village to Kingston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 117 miles [188.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 473 miles [761.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,070 miles [11,378.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,946 miles [7,959.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pioneer Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Roane County: www.roanealliance.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Pioneer Village could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pioneer Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pioneer Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7740, Longitude: -84.7211 In this case, the coordinates for Pioneer Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Pioneer Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.522 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.272 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.916 degrees. |