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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 Shouns, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shouns 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 Shouns:
- 36.445398, -81.799560
- 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 Shouns
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Shouns is near Ashe County and also Watauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Watauga 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 Shouns
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shouns ...
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.
- Center View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Center View is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center View
- Cold Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cold Spring is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Crackers Neck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crackers Neck is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crackers Neck
- Damascus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Damascus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dowell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
- Estimated population in 2014: 364 people
- Fuller
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Green Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Holy Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Hill
- Little Doe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Little Doe is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Doe
- Mountain City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sandy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandy is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Walnut Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Shouns 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 Shouns to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shouns and extending to:
- Mountain City, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Shouns to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 310 miles [498.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,789 miles [7,707.1 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- Shouns) 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 Shouns 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 Shouns. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4454, Longitude: -81.7996 In this case, the coordinates for Shouns have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.782 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.371 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.524 degrees. |
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