Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sharps Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sharps Chapel and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sharps Chapel

• 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 Sharps Chapel:
  • 36.343691, -83.804079
  • 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 Sharps Chapel

• 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
  • Since Sharps Chapel is near Claiborne County and also Grainger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 Sharps Chapel

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharps Chapel ...

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.

• Chestnut Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Chestnut Grove is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
• Hurricane Branch ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hurricane Branch is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
• Irwin
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Irwin is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
• Lickskillet
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lickskillet is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
• Little Barren
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Little Barren is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Barren
• Loo ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Loo is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
• Lost Creek ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Lost Creek is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
• Oak Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Oak Grove is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Pinhook
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pinhook is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
• Rose Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rose Hill is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
• Union
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Union is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Sharps Chapel 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 Sharps Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sharps Chapel and extending to:

• Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the South.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Sharps Chapel to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about 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 409 miles [658.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,882 miles [7,856.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'