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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 Sharp Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sharp Place 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 Sharp Place:
- 36.508961, -84.827720
- 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 Sharp Place
- 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 Fentress County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fentress County
- Since Sharp Place is near Scott County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Sharp Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharp Place ...
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.
- Black Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Black Oak is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Double Top
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Double Top is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Top
- Goad
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goad is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goad
- Helena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Howard Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Howard Ford is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Ford
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jimtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jimtown is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Key Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Key Ford is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Ford
- Low Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Low Gap is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mount Helen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Helen is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Helen
- Red Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Red Hill is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Rugby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Speck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Speck is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck
- Squirrel Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Squirrel Flat is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Flat
- Wolf River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wolf River is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf River
How Far From Sharp Place 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 Sharp Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sharp Place and extending to:
- Jamestown, which is the Seat of Fentress County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Sharp Place to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 456 miles [733.9 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 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,919 miles [7,916.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sharp Place) 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 Sharp Place 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 Sharp Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5090, Longitude: -84.8277 In this case, the coordinates for Sharp Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.605 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.471 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.768 degrees. |
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