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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 Singleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Singleton and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Singleton:
    • 35.858416, -83.974906
    • 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 Singleton
  • 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
    • Since Singleton is near Knox County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Singleton

Communities Also Named Singleton ...

We found eight communities that are also named Singleton.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Singleton.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Bedford County
      • This Singleton is located in Bedford County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the west of the Singleton that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Singleton.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clarke County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Singleton [Clarke County].
      • Saint Clair County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Singleton [Saint Clair County].
    • Colorado
      • Park County
      • This Singleton is located in Park County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Singleton that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Singleton.
    • Mississippi
      • Leake County
      • This Singleton is located in Leake County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Singleton that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leake County community of Singleton.
      • Winston County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Singleton [Winston County].
    • South Carolina
      • Calhoun County
      • This Singleton is located in Calhoun County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Singleton that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Singleton.
    • Texas
      • Grimes County
      • This Singleton is located in Grimes County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Singleton that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grimes County community of Singleton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Singleton ...

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.

  • Airport Plaza
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Airport Plaza is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Plaza
  • Arrowhead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Arrowhead is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
  • Fox Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fox Hills is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hills
  • Little River
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Little River is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Littlebrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Littlebrook is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlebrook
  • Mentor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mentor is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
  • Mimosa Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Mimosa Heights is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Heights
  • Mockingbird Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Mockingbird Hill is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
  • Riverbend
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Riverbend is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
  • Rivertrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rivertrace is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertrace
  • Rocky Waters
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Rocky Waters is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Waters
  • Timberlake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Timberlake is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
  • Topside
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Topside is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
    • Estimated population in 2014: 346 people

How Far From Singleton to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Singleton to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Singleton and extending to:

  • Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the South.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Singleton to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 434 miles [698.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,324 miles [10,177.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,910 miles [7,901.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Singleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Singleton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Singleton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Singleton 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 Singleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8584, Longitude: -83.9749       In this case, the coordinates for Singleton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.074 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.77 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.585 degrees.