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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Unicoi
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Cherokee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cherokee
- Big Cherokee is located in Washington County
- Buffalo View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo View
- Buffalo View is located in Carter County
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Cherokee Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Gardens
- Cherokee Gardens is located in Washington County
- Cherokee Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Cherokee Hills is located in Washington County
- Colony Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colony Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Park
- Colony Park is located in Washington County
- Dove ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Dry Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Erwin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erwin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Erwin is located in Unicoi County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,854 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erwin <2>
- Forest View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
- Forest View is located in Washington County
- Green Pine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pine
- Green Pine is located in Carter County
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hickory Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Lake
- Hickory Lake is located in Washington County
- Kansas City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kansas City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City
- Kansas City is located in Washington County
- Lillydale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Limestone Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Limestone Cove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Limestone Cove
- From Unicoi to Limestone Cove
- Little Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Cherokee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cherokee
- Little Cherokee is located in Washington County
- Piney Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Piney Grove is located in Carter County
- Pleasant Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Garden
- Pleasant Garden is located in Unicoi County
- Rock Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Rolling Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Washington County
- Rural Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rural Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Ridge
- Rural Ridge is located in Washington County
- Shadtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Strawberry Fields
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Fields
- Strawberry Fields is located in Washington County
- Three Mountains
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Mountains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mountains
- Three Mountains is located in Carter County
- Whispering Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Whispering Pines
- From Unicoi to Whispering Pines
- Hickory Lake
How Far From Unicoi 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 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<4> 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]<4> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Unicoi to Nashville, with an average speed<5>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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,824 miles [7,763.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Unicoi: www.unicoi.tn.us/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Unicoi) to Point B.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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.108 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.709 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.823 degrees. |