Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Toqua:
  • 35.564214, -84.195625
  • 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 Toqua

• 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
  • Since Toqua is near Blount County and also Loudon 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 Loudon 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 Toqua

Curious and Interesting Names Near Toqua ...

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.

• Fourmile Bridge ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Fourmile Bridge is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Bridge
• Halls Ferry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Halls Ferry is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry
• Hopewell Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hopewell Mill is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Mill
• Howard
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Howard is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
• Jones Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jones Ferry is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
• Little River ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Little River is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
• Mountainville ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mountainville is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
• Tariffville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Tariffville is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tariffville
• Tennessee ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Tennessee is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee
• Three Points
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Three Points is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
• Union Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Grove is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove

How Far From Toqua 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 Toqua 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<1> community of Toqua once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Toqua and extending to:

• Madisonville, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Toqua to Madisonville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 150 miles [241.4 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 455 miles [732.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,056 miles [11,355.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,932 miles [7,937.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'