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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 Vonore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vonore 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 Vonore:
- 35.597729, -84.235643
- 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 Vonore
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Vonore 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 Vonore
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vonore ...
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.
- Brakebill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brakebill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill
- Eve Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Eve Mills is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eve Mills
- Fourmile Bridge ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fourmile Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Bridge
- Greenback
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Halls Ferry is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry
- Hopewell Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Mill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Mill
- Howard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Jena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Little River ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Little River is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Mountainville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mountainville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Tennessee ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tennessee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee
- Three Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Three Points is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Union Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Grove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
How Far From Vonore 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 town such as Vonore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vonore and extending to:
- Madisonville, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Vonore 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 456 miles [733.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,057 miles [11,357.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,933 miles [7,938.9 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 from Point A (ie- Vonore) 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 Vonore 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 Vonore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5977, Longitude: -84.2356 In this case, the coordinates for Vonore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.225 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.906 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.761 degrees. |
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