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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 Scarboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scarboro 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 Scarboro:
    • 35.983316, -84.222774
    • 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 Scarboro
  • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Scarboro is near Knox County and also Roane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane 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 Scarboro

Communities Also Named Scarboro ...

We found seven communities that are also named Scarboro.

Within Tennessee, the name Scarboro is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Scarboro is located in Hillsborough County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the south of the Scarboro that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Scarboro.
    • Georgia
      • Jenkins County
      • This Scarboro is located in Jenkins County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Scarboro that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jenkins County community of Scarboro.
      • Screven 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 Georgia community of Scarboro [Screven County].
    • Illinois
      • Lee County
      • This Scarboro is located in Lee County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Scarboro that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Scarboro.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Scarboro is located in Harford County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Scarboro that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Scarboro.
      • Worcester County
      • This Scarboro is located in Worcester County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km] to the east northeast of the Scarboro that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Scarboro.
    • Wisconsin
      • Kewaunee 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 Wisconsin community of Scarboro [Kewaunee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scarboro ...

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.

  • Ball Camp
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ball Camp is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Camp
  • Bear ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bear is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
  • Bud ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bud is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
  • Camelot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Camelot is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Ethel ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ethel is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
  • Golden Meadows
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Golden Meadows is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
  • Hickory Woods
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Woods is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • King Arthur Court
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • King Arthur Court is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Arthur Court
  • Kirkstall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kirkstall is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkstall
  • Lees Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lees Ferry is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Ferry
  • Plum Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Plum Creek is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Creek
  • Poplar
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Poplar is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Robertsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Robinson Crossroads
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Robinson Crossroads is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Crossroads
    • Station West
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Station West is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station West
    • Sweet Briar
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sweet Briar is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar
    • Trails End
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Trails End is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails End
    • Twin Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Twin Springs is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
    • Volunteer Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village

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

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

  • Clinton, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Scarboro to Clinton, 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 143 miles [230.1 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 442 miles [711.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,040 miles [11,329.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scarboro) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Scarboro 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 Scarboro 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 Scarboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9833, Longitude: -84.2228    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.226 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.962 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.654 degrees.