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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 Roberta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roberta 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 Roberta:
    • 36.546745, -84.541606
    • 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 Roberta
  • 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
    • Since Roberta is near McCreary County and also Fentress County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McCreary County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fentress 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 Roberta

Communities Also Named Roberta ...

We found seven communities that are also named Roberta.

Within Tennessee, the name Roberta is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Shelby County
      • This Roberta is located in Shelby County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Roberta that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Roberta.
    • Colorado
      • Otero County
      • This Roberta is located in Otero County and lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Roberta that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Roberta.
    • Georgia
      • Crawford County
      • This Roberta is located in Crawford County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the south of the Roberta that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Roberta.
    • Kentucky
      • Meade County
      • This Roberta is located in Meade County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Roberta that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Roberta.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Roberta lies 1,377 miles [2,216.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Roberta that is located in Scott County.
    • Oklahoma
      • Bryan County
      • This Roberta is located in Bryan County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the west of the Roberta that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Roberta.
    • Virginia
      • Franklin 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 Virginia community of Roberta [Franklin County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Roberta ...

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.

  • Black Oak
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Black Oak is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
  • Blue Heron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Blue Heron is located in McCreary County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Heron
  • Clay Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Clay Hill is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
  • Doctors ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Doctors is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctors
  • Fidelity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fidelity is located in McCreary County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
  • High Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • High Point is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Piney Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Piney Grove is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Pleasant Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Stanley Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stanley Junction is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Junction
  • Three Forks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Three Forks is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks

How Far From Roberta 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 Roberta to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Roberta and extending to:

  • Huntsville, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Roberta to Huntsville, with an average speed<3> 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 127 miles [204.4 km] to the west (W). 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 440 miles [708.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,030 miles [11,313.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Roberta) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Roberta 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 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.
<4>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 Roberta 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 Roberta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5467, Longitude: -84.5416       In this case, the coordinates for Roberta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.431 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.277 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.637 degrees.