Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Tellassee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tellassee and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Tellassee
- 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 Tellassee:
- 35.505639, -84.000182
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Tellassee
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Since Tellassee is near Monroe County and also Graham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- eBird sighting report for Graham 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tellassee ...
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.
- Chilhowee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Chilhowey ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfway Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Happy Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Happy Valley is located in Blount County
- Howard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Jenkins Meadow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenkins Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Meadow
- Jenkins Meadow is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jones Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
- Jones Ferry is located in Monroe County
- Mint
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Mountainville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountainville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
- Mountainville is located in Monroe County
- Sixmile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Sixmile is located in Blount County
- Tariffville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tariffville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tariffville
- Tariffville is located in Monroe County
- Tennessee ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Union Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Grove is located in Blount County
How Far From Tellassee 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 Tellassee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Tellassee once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Tellassee and extending to:
- Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Tellassee to Maryville, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 161 miles [259.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 448 miles [721 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,050 miles [11,345.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,926 miles [7,927.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Blount County: www.korrnet.org/blountco/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | 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 Tellassee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tellassee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tellassee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5056, Longitude: -84.0002 In this case, the coordinates for Tellassee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Tellassee to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.082 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.728 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.689 degrees. |