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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 Red Bridge Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Bridge Ferry and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Red Bridge Ferry:
    • 36.346759, -83.176002
    • 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 Red Bridge Ferry
  • 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 Hawkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
    • Since Red Bridge Ferry is near Hamblen County and also Grainger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 Red Bridge Ferry

Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Bridge Ferry ...

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.

  • Bright Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bright Ferry is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Ferry
  • Cheeks Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cheeks Crossroads is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
  • Cherokee Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Park is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
  • Choptack
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Choptack is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptack
  • Cloud Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cloud Creek is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Creek
  • Cuba
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cuba is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Friendship
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Friendship is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Long Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ferry
  • Longtown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Longtown is located in Hawkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Meadow Branch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Meadow Branch is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Branch
    • Needmore
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Needmore is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
    • Prices Ferry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Prices Ferry is located in Hawkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Ferry
    • Quarryville ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Quarryville is located in Hawkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
    • Spruce Pine
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Spruce Pine is located in Hawkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
    • Treadway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Treadway is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadway

How Far From Red Bridge Ferry 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 Red Bridge Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Red Bridge Ferry and extending to:

  • Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Red Bridge Ferry to Rogersville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 379 miles [609.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,854 miles [7,811.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Red Bridge Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Red Bridge Ferry 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 Red Bridge Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3468, Longitude: -83.1760       In this case, the coordinates for Red Bridge Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.602 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.298 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.12 degrees.