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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 Sevier Home, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sevier Home 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 Sevier Home:
- 35.895917, -83.872680
- 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 Sevier Home
- 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 Sevier Home is near Hamilton County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Sevier Home
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sevier Home ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arrowhead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Bonny Kate
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
- Colonial Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Colonial Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Forks of the River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forks of the River is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of the River
- Grandview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grandview is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- High Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- High Bluff is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bluff
- Huskey Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Huskey Valley is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huskey Valley
- Island Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Island Home is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Home
- Little River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little River is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Littlebrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Littlebrook is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlebrook
- Marbledale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marbledale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbledale
- Mule Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mule Hollow is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mule Hollow
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Providence
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Riverbend
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Riverbend is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Rivertrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rivertrace is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertrace
- Shooks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Shooks Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shooks Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks Gap
- Stock Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stock Creek is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stock Creek
- Timberlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Timberlake is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Topside
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Topside is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
- Valley Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Valley Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
How Far From Sevier Home 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 Sevier Home to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sevier Home and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Sevier Home to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 428 miles [688.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,318 miles [10,167.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,904 miles [7,892.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Sevier Home) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Sevier Home 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 Sevier Home. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8959, Longitude: -83.8727 In this case, the coordinates for Sevier Home have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.014 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.705 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.532 degrees. |
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