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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 Strawberry Plains, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Strawberry Plains 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 Strawberry Plains:
- 36.064286, -83.683350
- 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 Strawberry Plains
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Strawberry Plains is near Knox County and also Grainger 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 Grainger 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 Strawberry Plains
Curious and Interesting Names Near Strawberry Plains ...
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.
- Blaine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carter is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Four Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Four Points is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Friends Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Friends Station is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Station
- Hickory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Highpoint ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Highpoint is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Kodak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mascot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mascot is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 people
- Mayo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,366 people
- Mitchell Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mitchell Ford is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Ford
- Peters Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Stony Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stony Point is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Sunrise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunrise is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Thorn Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Three Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Three Points is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
How Far From Strawberry Plains 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 Strawberry Plains to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Strawberry Plains and extending to:
- Dandridge, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Strawberry Plains to Dandridge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 413 miles [664.7 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 6,302 miles [10,142.1 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>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Strawberry Plains) 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 Strawberry Plains 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 Strawberry Plains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0643, Longitude: -83.6834 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.903 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.602 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.408 degrees. |
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