Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Stanley Junction:
  • 36.453968, -84.494383
  • 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 Stanley Junction

• 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
  • Since Stanley Junction is near Campbell County and also McCreary 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 McCreary 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 Stanley Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stanley Junction ...

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
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Black Oak is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
• Bowl ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bowl is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowl
• Doctors ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Doctors is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctors
• High Point
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • High Point is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
• Huntsville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Huntsville is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,285 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntsville <1>
• Mountain View
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain View is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
• Piney Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Piney Grove is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
• Roberta
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Roberta is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
• Three Forks
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Three Forks is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stanley Junction and extending to:

• Huntsville, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the South.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Stanley Junction 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,318 miles [10,167.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,031 miles [11,315.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'