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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 Sevierville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sevierville 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 Sevierville:
- 35.868331, -83.562971
- 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 Sevierville
- 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 Sevier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
- Since Sevierville is near Jefferson County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Sevierville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sevierville ...
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.
- Alder Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Alder Branch is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Branch
- Cherokee Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- French Broad ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- French Broad is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Broad
- Harrisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Middle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Era
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Era is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Pigeon Forge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Powder Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Powder Springs is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs
- Union Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Union Hill is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Walnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Sevierville 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 city such as Sevierville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sevierville and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Sevierville to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,306 miles [10,148.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,015 miles [11,289.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,891 miles [7,871.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Sevierville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sevierville 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 Sevierville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8683, Longitude: -83.5630 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.827 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.488 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.412 degrees. |
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