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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 Wheelocktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheelocktown 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 Wheelocktown:
- 36.400042, -82.546724
- 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 Wheelocktown
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Wheelocktown is near Sullivan County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Wheelocktown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheelocktown ...
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.
- Applewalk Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Applewalk Park is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewalk Park
- Buffalo Ridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Ridge
- Double Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Double Springs is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Fall Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fordtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gabtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gabtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabtown
- Gray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hartmantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hartmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmantown
- Haws Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Haws Crossroads is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haws Crossroads
- Keebler Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keebler Crossroads is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler Crossroads
- Keys Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Keys Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Mill
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Locust Mount
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Luke ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Luke is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mitchell Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Springs
- Poplar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Quail Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Quail Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
- Rock Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rock Springs is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Slaughter ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Slaughter is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
- Sulphur Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Summersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Summersville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
How Far From Wheelocktown 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 Wheelocktown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Wheelocktown once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wheelocktown and extending to:
- Jonesborough, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Wheelocktown to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 347 miles [558.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,239 miles [10,040.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,824 miles [7,763.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wheelocktown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wheelocktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wheelocktown 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 Wheelocktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4000, Longitude: -82.5467 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.226 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.874 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.845 degrees. |
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