Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Watauga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Watauga and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Watauga
- 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 Watauga:
- 36.367444, -82.291936
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Watauga
- 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carter County
- Since Watauga is near Washington County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Watauga ...
We found six communities that share the name Watauga.
Within Tennessee, the name Watauga is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Watauga [Clark County].
- Clinton County
- This Watauga is located in Clinton County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Watauga that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Watauga.
- North Carolina
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Virginia
- Kentucky
Curious and Interesting Names Near Watauga ...
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.
- Big Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Big Spring is located in Carter County
- Breezy Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breezy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hills
- Breezy Hills is located in Washington County
- Cedar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Carter County
- Central
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - College Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- College Park is located in Carter County
- Fairlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Georgia Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgia Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Terrace
- Georgia Terrace is located in Washington County
- Green Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Green Valley is located in Washington County
- Hillrise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Keystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Meadowview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Meadowview is located in Washington County
- Pine Crest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
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- Pine Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Washington County
- Piney Flats
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Flats
- Piney Flats is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piney Flats <4>
- Piney Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Piney Grove is located in Washington County
- Range
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Rock Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Sinking Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sinking Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Creek
- Sinking Creek is located in Carter County
- Stoney Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoney Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- Stoney Brook is located in Washington County
- Sunset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge
How Far From Watauga to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Watauga to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Watauga and extending to:
- Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Watauga to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 336 miles [540.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,938 miles [11,165.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Watauga. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Watauga could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Watauga) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Watauga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3674, Longitude: -82.2919 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Watauga to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.074 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.695 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.749 degrees. |