Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Sill:
  • 36.287302, -83.895470
  • 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 Sill

• 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 Sill is near Campbell County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Sill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sill ...

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.

• Cloud Ford
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cloud Ford is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
• Duke ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Duke is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
• Forkvale ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Forkvale is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkvale
• Hurricane Branch ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Hurricane Branch is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
• Irwin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Irwin is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
• Lickskillet
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lickskillet is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
• Loo ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Loo is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
• Lost Creek ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Lost Creek is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
• Mossy Spring
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mossy Spring is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Spring
• Pinhook
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pinhook is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
• Raccoon Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Raccoon Valley is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Valley
• Rule ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rule is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
• Walnut Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Grove is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Sill once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sill and extending to:

• Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Sill to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 416 miles [669.5 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 6,301 miles [10,140.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,012 miles [11,284.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,888 miles [7,866.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'