Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Valley Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Valley Park
- 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 Valley Park:
- 36.343165, -82.199854
- 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 Valley Park
- 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carter County
- Since Valley Park is near Sullivan County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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
Communities Also Named Valley Park ...
We found ten communities that share the name Valley Park.
Within Tennessee, the name Valley Park is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- This Valley Park is located in Madison County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Valley Park that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Valley Park.
- Georgia
- Dougherty County
- This Valley Park is located in Dougherty County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Valley Park that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Valley Park.
- Richmond County
- This Valley Park is located in Richmond County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the south of the Valley Park that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Valley Park.
- Minnesota
- Scott 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 Valley Park [Scott County].
- Mississippi
- Issaquena County
- This Valley Park is located in Issaquena County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Valley Park that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Issaquena County community of Valley Park.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Valley Park is located in Saint Louis County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Valley Park that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Valley Park.
- Oklahoma
- Rogers County
- This Valley Park is located in Rogers County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the west of the Valley Park that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rogers County community of Valley Park.
- Saskatchewan
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Valley Park.
- South Carolina
- Kershaw County
- This Valley Park is located in Kershaw County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Valley Park that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Valley Park.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Valley Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,626 miles [2,616.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Valley Park that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Valley Park.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley Park ...
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 Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Big Spring is located in Carter County
- Central
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Charity Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charity Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity Hill
- Charity Hill is located in Carter County
- Dogtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Gap Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Gap Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Horseshoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Hunter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Powder Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powder Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Branch
- Powder Branch is located in Carter County
- Range
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Sinking Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sinking Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Creek
- Sinking Creek is located in Carter County
How Far From Valley Park 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 Valley Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valley Park and extending to:
- Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Valley Park to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 332 miles [534.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,227 miles [10,021.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,811 miles [7,742.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Valley Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Valley Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Valley Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3432, Longitude: -82.1999 In this case, the coordinates for Valley Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Valley Park 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 Valley Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Valley Park 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 311.019 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.629 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.718 degrees. |