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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 Unicoi, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Unicoi and the surrounding area.
- 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 Unicoi:
- 36.195348, -82.349549
- 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 Unicoi
- 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 Unicoi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi County
- Since Unicoi is near Washington County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter 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 Unicoi
Curious and Interesting Names Near Unicoi ...
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.
- Big Cherokee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cherokee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cherokee
- Buffalo View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buffalo View is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo View
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cherokee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Cherokee Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Gardens is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Gardens
- Cherokee Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Colony Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Colony Park is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Park
- Dove ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove
- Dry Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dry Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Erwin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forest View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forest View is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
- Green Pine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Pine is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pine
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hickory Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hickory Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Lake
- Kansas City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kansas City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City
- Lillydale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lillydale is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillydale
- Limestone Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Cherokee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cherokee
- Piney Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Piney Grove is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Pleasant Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Garden is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Garden
- Rock Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rolling Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rolling Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rural Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rural Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Ridge
- Shadtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shadtown is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadtown
- Strawberry Fields
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Strawberry Fields is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Fields
- Three Mountains
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Three Mountains is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mountains
- Whispering Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Unicoi 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 town such as Unicoi to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Unicoi and extending to:
- Erwin, which is the Seat of Unicoi County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Unicoi to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 345 miles [555.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,824 miles [7,763.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Unicoi) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Unicoi 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 Unicoi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1953, Longitude: -82.3495 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.108 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.709 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.823 degrees. |
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