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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 Warwicktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Warwicktown and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Warwicktown:
    • 36.231191, -83.879634
    • 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 Warwicktown
  • 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Since Warwicktown is near Knox County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Warwicktown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Warwicktown ...

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.

  • Cloud Ford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cloud Ford is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
  • Copper Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Copper Ridge is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
    • Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
  • Duke ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Duke is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
  • Forkvale ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Forkvale is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkvale
  • Hurricane Branch ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hurricane Branch is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
  • Irwin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Irwin is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
  • Lickskillet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lickskillet is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
  • Loo ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Loo is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
  • Lost Creek ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lost Creek is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
  • Melbourne
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Melbourne is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
  • Paulette
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Paulette is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
  • Pinhook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinhook is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Plainview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Plainview is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
    • Raccoon Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Raccoon Valley is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Valley
    • Rule ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rule is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
    • Stokes Mill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Stokes Mill is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes Mill
    • Walnut Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

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

  • Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Warwicktown 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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 417 miles [671.1 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 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,014 miles [11,287.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,890 miles [7,869.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Warwicktown) 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 Warwicktown 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 Warwicktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2312, Longitude: -83.8796       In this case, the coordinates for Warwicktown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.024 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.765 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.444 degrees.