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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 Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seven Oaks 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 Seven Oaks:
    • 36.558433, -82.649878
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Seven Oaks
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Seven Oaks ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Seven Oaks.

There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Seven Oaks.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Hamblen County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Hamblen County and lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seven Oaks that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Seven Oaks.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,925 miles [3,098 km]<1> to the west of the Seven Oaks that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Seven Oaks.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough 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 Florida community of Seven Oaks [Hillsborough County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Seven Oaks that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Seven Oaks.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Montgomery County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km] to the east northeast of the Seven Oaks that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Seven Oaks.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Michigan community of Seven Oaks [Wayne County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Sequoyah County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the west of the Seven Oaks that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sequoyah County community of Seven Oaks.
    • Oregon
      • Jackson County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Jackson County and lies 2,163 miles [3,481 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seven Oaks that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Seven Oaks.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Greenville County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the south of the Seven Oaks that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Seven Oaks.
      • Lexington County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Lexington County and lies 192 miles [309 km] to the south southeast of the Seven Oaks that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Seven Oaks.
      • Oconee County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Oconee County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south of the Seven Oaks that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Seven Oaks.
    • Texas
      • Polk County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Polk County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seven Oaks that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Seven Oaks.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Seven Oaks is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,592 miles [2,562.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seven Oaks that is located in Hawkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Seven Oaks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seven Oaks ...

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.

  • Beartown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
    • Beartown is located in Sullivan County
  • Block City
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Block City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
    • Block City is located in Hawkins County
  • Cartersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cartersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
    • Cartersville is located in Hawkins County
  • Cloud Ford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloud Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
    • Cloud Ford is located in Sullivan County
  • Green Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
    • Green Village is located in Hawkins County
  • Greenvale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
    • Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
  • Howard Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hill
    • Howard Hill is located in Sullivan County
  • Lewis Lane
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Lane
    • Lewis Lane is located in Hawkins County
  • Lynn Garden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Garden
    • Lynn Garden is located in Sullivan County
  • Marshall
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
    • Marshall is located in Hawkins County
  • Solitude ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Solitude. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
    • Solitude is located in Hawkins County

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

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

  • Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Seven Oaks to Rogersville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 346 miles [556.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,236 miles [10,035.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,946 miles [11,178.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,822 miles [7,760.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Seven Oaks. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Seven Oaks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Seven Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5584, Longitude: -82.6499       In this case, the coordinates for Seven Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Seven Oaks 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Oaks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.288 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.968 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.841 degrees.









 

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