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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 Trails End, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trails End 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 Trails End:
    • 35.954247, -84.108803
    • 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 Trails End
  • 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 Trails End is near Anderson County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Trails End

Communities Also Named Trails End ...

We found five communities that are also named Trails End.

Within Tennessee, the name Trails End is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Trails End is located in Bibb County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the south of the Trails End that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Trails End.
    • Indiana
      • Hamilton County
      • This Trails End is located in Hamilton County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Trails End that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Trails End.
    • Minnesota
      • 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 Minnesota community of Trails End [Cook County].
    • New Mexico
      • Chaves County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Chaves County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaves County community of Trails End.
    • North Carolina
      • Lee County
      • This Trails End is located in Lee County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the east of the Trails End that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Trails End.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Trails End ...

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.

  • Ball Camp
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ball Camp is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Camp
  • Camelot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Camelot is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cedar Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Bluff is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
  • Cedar Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Springs is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
  • Countryside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Countryside is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
  • Golden Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Golden Meadows is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
  • Green Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Valley is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Gulf Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Gulf Park is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park
  • Gulfwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gulfwood is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulfwood
  • Heather Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Heather Heights is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
  • King Arthur Court
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • King Arthur Court is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Arthur Court
  • Landmark
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Landmark is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Meadowbrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Plum Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Plum Creek is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Creek
    • Robinson Crossroads
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Robinson Crossroads is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Crossroads
    • Spanish Trails
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Spanish Trails is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trails
    • Stonebrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Stonebrook is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
    • Suburban Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Suburban Hills is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
    • Ten Mile
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ten Mile is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
    • Treeville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Treeville is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treeville
    • Volunteer Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village

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

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

  • Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Trails End to Knoxville, with an average speed<4> 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 149 miles [239.8 km] to the west (W). 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 437 miles [703.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,325 miles [10,179.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,036 miles [11,323.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,912 miles [7,905.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Trails End) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Trails End 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>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 Trails End, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Trails End 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 Trails End. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9542, Longitude: -84.1088       In this case, the coordinates for Trails End have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.157 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.878 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.614 degrees.