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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 Postoak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Postoak 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 Postoak:
- 35.873879, -84.630803
- 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 Postoak
- 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 Postoak is near Cumberland County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Postoak
Communities Also Named Postoak ...
We found three communities that are also named Postoak.
Within Tennessee, the name Postoak is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Bullock County
- This Postoak is located in Bullock County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Postoak that is located in Roane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullock County community of Postoak.
- Texas
- Freestone County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Postoak [Freestone County].
- Jack County
- This Postoak is located in Jack County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<1> to the west of the Postoak that is located in Roane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jack County community of Postoak.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Postoak ...
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.
- Deerwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Deerwood is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Dry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Hill is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Eureka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Glen Wright
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glen Wright is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wright
- Hillcrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hood Landing Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hood Landing Ferry is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Landing Ferry
- Idle Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Idle Oaks is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idle Oaks
- James Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- James Ferry is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Ferry
- King Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- King Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Creek
- Lake Shadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Shadow is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shadow
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Pond Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pond Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Grove
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Ponderosa
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ponderosa is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Rockwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Smoke Rise
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Smoke Rise is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Twin Rivers Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Twin Rivers Ferry is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers Ferry
How Far From Postoak 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 Postoak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Postoak and extending to:
- Kingston, which is the Seat of Roane County, lies just to the East.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Postoak to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 465 miles [748.3 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 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,938 miles [7,946.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Postoak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Postoak 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Postoak 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 Postoak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8739, Longitude: -84.6308 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.47 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.227 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.852 degrees. |
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