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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 Seven Islands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seven Islands 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 Seven Islands:
- 35.948142, -83.703786
- 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 Seven Islands
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Seven Islands is near Sevier County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Seven Islands
Communities Also Named Seven Islands ...
We found two communities that are also named Seven Islands.
Within Tennessee, the name Seven Islands is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Quebec
- This Seven Islands lies 1,309 miles [2,106.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Seven Islands that is located in Knox County.
- Virginia
- Fluvanna 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 Seven Islands [Fluvanna County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seven Islands ...
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.
- Carter
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Carter is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Gapcreek ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gapcreek is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapcreek
- Hicks Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hicks Crossing is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Crossing
- Kodak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
- Peters Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Peters Mill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill
- Stony Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stony Point is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Thorn Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Thorn Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove
- Union Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Union Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
How Far From Seven Islands 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 Seven Islands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Seven Islands and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Seven Islands to Knoxville, 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 172 miles [276.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 418 miles [672.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,308 miles [10,151.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,018 miles [11,294.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 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- Seven Islands) 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 Seven Islands 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Seven Islands 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 Seven Islands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9481, Longitude: -83.7038 In this case, the coordinates for Seven Islands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.913 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.597 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.448 degrees. |
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