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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 Vasper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vasper 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 Vasper:
- 36.271190, -84.194926
- 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 Vasper
- 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Since Vasper is near Anderson County and also Scott 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 Scott 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 Vasper
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vasper ...
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.
- Caryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cove Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cove Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Disney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Disney is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disney
- High Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Point is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Indian Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Indian Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Jacksboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Peewee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peewee is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Pine Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
- Red Ash
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Ash is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Rocky Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Top
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Former names for Rocky Top:
- Coal Creek
- Lake City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Top <1>
- Round Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Round Rock is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Rock
- Silica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Silica is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
How Far From Vasper 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 Vasper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vasper and extending to:
- Jacksboro, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Vasper to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 431 miles [693.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,902 miles [7,889 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' (or 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- Vasper) 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 Vasper 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 Vasper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2712, Longitude: -84.1949 In this case, the coordinates for Vasper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.215 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.99 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.565 degrees. |
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