Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Stokes Mill:
  • 36.180357, -83.977414
  • 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 Stokes Mill

• 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
  • Since Stokes Mill is near Knox County and also Union 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 Union 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 Stokes Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stokes Mill ...

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.

• Blueberry Hills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Blueberry Hills is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
• Cedar Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Copper Ridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Copper Ridge is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
  • Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
• Duke ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Duke is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
• Gooseneck
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gooseneck is located in Anderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
• Highland View
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Highland View is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
• Ivory
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Ivory is located in Anderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
• Melbourne
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Melbourne is located in Anderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
• Panther ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Panther is located in Anderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
• Paulette
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Paulette is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
• Twinville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Twinville is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twinville

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

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

• Clinton, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stokes Mill to Clinton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 423 miles [680.8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,309 miles [10,153.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,020 miles [11,297.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,896 miles [7,879.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'