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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 Regret, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Regret 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 Regret:
- 35.632018, -84.606880
- 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 Regret
- 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 McMinn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn County
- Since Regret is near Meigs County and also Loudon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon 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 Regret
Curious and Interesting Names Near Regret ...
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.
- Cedar Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Fork is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fork
- Erie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Erie is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Half Moon Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Half Moon Shores is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon Shores
- Maple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Marshall Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marshall Hill is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Hill
- Pattie Gap ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pattie Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattie Gap
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pond Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pond Hill is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Hill
- Riddles Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riddles Store is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddles Store
- Surprise
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Ten Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
How Far From Regret 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 Regret 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<2> community of Regret once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Regret and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of McMinn County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Regret to Athens, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 472 miles [759.6 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 6,360 miles [10,235.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,947 miles [7,961.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Regret, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Regret) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Regret 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 Regret. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6320, Longitude: -84.6069 In this case, the coordinates for Regret have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.449 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.168 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.905 degrees. |
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