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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 Powder Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Powder Springs 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 Powder Springs:
- 35.923423, -83.541002
- 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 Powder Springs
- 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 Sevier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
- Since Powder Springs is near Jefferson County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Powder Springs
Communities Also Named Powder Springs ...
We found two communities that are also named Powder Springs.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Powder Springs.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Powder Springs in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Grainger County
- This Powder Springs is located in Grainger County and lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Powder Springs that is located in Sevier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grainger County community of Powder Springs.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Cobb County
- This Powder Springs is located in Cobb County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Powder Springs that is located in Sevier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Powder Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Powder Springs ...
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.
- Alder Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Alder Branch is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Branch
- Cherokee Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Deep Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deep Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
- Dumplin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Dumplin Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dumplin Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin Mill
- French Broad ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- French Broad is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Broad
- Harrisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Henry Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads
- Kodak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Union Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Hill is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Walnut Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Powder Springs 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 Powder Springs 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<3> community of Powder Springs once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Powder Springs and extending to:
- Sevierville, which is the Seat of Sevier County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Powder Springs to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 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 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,012 miles [11,284.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,888 miles [7,866.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Powder Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Powder Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Powder Springs 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 Powder Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9234, Longitude: -83.5410 In this case, the coordinates for Powder Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.815 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.481 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.388 degrees. |
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