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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 Sugar Hollow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugar Hollow 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 Sugar Hollow:
    • 36.168175, -82.077622
    • 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 Sugar Hollow
  • 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
    • Since Sugar Hollow is near Mitchell County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Avery 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 Sugar Hollow

Communities Also Named Sugar Hollow ...

We found one communities that are also named Sugar Hollow.

Within Tennessee, the name Sugar Hollow is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Sugar Hollow in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Vermont
      • Rutland County
      • This Sugar Hollow is located in Rutland County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sugar Hollow that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Sugar Hollow.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar Hollow ...

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.

  • Backwoods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Backwoods is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backwoods
  • Bitter End
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bitter End is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter End
  • Cloudland ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloudland is located in Mitchell County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudland
  • Cove Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cove Creek is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
  • Crabtree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Crabtree is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
  • Cranberry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cranberry is located in Avery County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
  • Cranberry Gap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cranberry Gap is located in Avery County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Gap
  • Elk Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Evergreen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Evergreen is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Heaton Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Heaton Creek is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek
  • Plato
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Plato is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
  • Shell Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Shell Creek is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
    • Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
  • Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Valley is located in Avery County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley

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

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

  • Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sugar Hollow to Elizabethton, 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 261 miles [420 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 334 miles [537.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sugar Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Sugar Hollow 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 Sugar Hollow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1682, Longitude: -82.0776       In this case, the coordinates for Sugar Hollow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.946 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.52 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.72 degrees.