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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 Villa Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Villa Gardens 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 Villa Gardens:
- 36.054804, -83.913797
- 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 Villa Gardens
- 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 Villa Gardens is near Anderson County and also Union 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 Union 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 Villa Gardens
Curious and Interesting Names Near Villa Gardens ...
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.
- Beverly
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beverly is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Cedar Flats
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Flats is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flats
- Cedarchase
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cedarchase is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarchase
- Dry Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dry Gap is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Gap
- Fieldview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fieldview is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldview
- Fountain City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Fountaincrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fountaincrest is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaincrest
- Freeway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Freeway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeway
- Greenway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Halls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Halls is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Halls Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Crossroads is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Crossroads
- Homestead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Homestead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Kings Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kings Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
- Loveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Loveland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Mill Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mill Run is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Murphy Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Murphy Hills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Hills
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Spring Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Place is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Place
- Still Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Still Brook is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Brook
- Whittle Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Whittle Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittle Springs
How Far From Villa Gardens 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 Villa Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Villa Gardens and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the South.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Villa Gardens to Nashville, with an average speed<2>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 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 424 miles [682.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,312 miles [10,158.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,023 miles [11,302.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,899 miles [7,884.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Villa Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Villa Gardens 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 Villa Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0548, Longitude: -83.9138 In this case, the coordinates for Villa Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.041 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.76 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.506 degrees. |
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