Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Virtue, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Virtue and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Virtue

• 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 Virtue:
  • 35.856468, -84.178527
  • 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 Virtue

• 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 Virtue is near Loudon County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Virtue

Curious and Interesting Names Near Virtue ...

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.

• Dixie Lee Junction
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Dixie Lee Junction is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Lee Junction
• Fox Den
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Fox Den is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Den
• Gravelly Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Gravelly Hills is located in Blount County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Hills
• Hickory Woods
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hickory Woods is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
• Kingsgate
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Kingsgate is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
• Shady Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Shady Grove is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
• Station West
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Station West is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station West
• Sweet Briar
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Sweet Briar is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar
• Twin Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Twin Springs is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
• Woodland Trace
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodland Trace is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Trace

How Far From Virtue 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 Virtue to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Virtue and extending to:

• Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Virtue to Knoxville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 444 miles [714.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,332 miles [10,190.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,919 miles [7,916.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'