Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Tiger Valley:
  • 36.228446, -82.186519
  • 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 Tiger Valley

• 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 Tiger Valley is near Unicoi County and also Mitchell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell 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 Tiger Valley

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tiger Valley ...

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 southeast)
  • Backwoods is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backwoods
• Bear Stand
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bear Stand is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Stand
• Big Spring
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Spring is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
• Charity Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Charity Hill is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity Hill
• Crabtree
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Crabtree is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
• Gap Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gap Creek is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Creek
• Gap Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gap Run is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
• Green Pine
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Pine is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pine
• Limestone Cove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Oak Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Piney Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Piney Grove is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Plato
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Plato is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
  • Powder Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Powder Branch is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Branch
  • Three Mountains
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Three Mountains is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mountains
  • Whispering Pines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

How Far From Tiger Valley 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 Tiger Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies just to the North.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Tiger Valley to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 336 miles [540.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,939 miles [11,167.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'