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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 Timbercrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Timbercrest 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 Timbercrest:
    • 35.952581, -84.012132
    • 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 Timbercrest
  • 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Since Timbercrest is near Blount County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Timbercrest

Communities Also Named Timbercrest ...

We found eight communities that are also named Timbercrest.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Timbercrest.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Hamblen County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Hamblen County and lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Timbercrest that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Timbercrest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Jefferson County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Timbercrest that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Timbercrest.
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Gwinnett County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the south of the Timbercrest that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Timbercrest.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Timbercrest [Cook County].
      • Kane County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Kane County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Timbercrest that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of Timbercrest.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Allen County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the north of the Timbercrest that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Timbercrest.
      • Cass County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Timbercrest [Cass County].
    • North Carolina
      • Orange County
      • This Timbercrest is located in Orange County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the east of the Timbercrest that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Timbercrest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Timbercrest ...

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.

  • Cherokee Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cherokee Ridge is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Ridge
  • Countryside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Countryside is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
  • Deep Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Deep Creek is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Fair Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Galewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Galewood is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
  • Green Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Valley is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Hickory Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Hidden Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hidden Hills is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
  • Holiday Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Landmark
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Landmark is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
  • Lyons View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lyons View is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons View
  • Marble City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Marble City is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Meadowbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Mockingbird Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mockingbird Hill is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
    • Pleasant Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Hills is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Ridge is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
    • Ridgedale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ridgedale is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
    • Rocky Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Rocky Hill is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
    • Stonebrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Stonebrook is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
    • Third Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Third Creek is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Creek
    • Timberlake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Timberlake is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake

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

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

  • Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the East.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Timbercrest to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,321 miles [10,172.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,032 miles [11,316.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,908 miles [7,898.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Timbercrest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Timbercrest could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 Timbercrest 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 Timbercrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9526, Longitude: -84.0121       In this case, the coordinates for Timbercrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.099 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.811 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.575 degrees.