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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 White Hollow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Hollow 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 White Hollow:
- 36.346746, -83.895194
- 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 White Hollow
- 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 White Hollow is near Campbell County and also Claiborne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne 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 White Hollow
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Hollow ...
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 southwest)
- Cloud Ford is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
- Flat Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Hollow is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Hollow
- Forkvale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forkvale is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkvale
- Hurricane Branch ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hurricane Branch is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
- Irwin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Lickskillet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lickskillet is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Long Hollow ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Long Hollow is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
- Loo ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Loo is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
- Lost Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Mossy Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mossy Spring is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Spring
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pinhook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinhook is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rule ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rule is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Victory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Victory is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Walnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From White Hollow 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 White Hollow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in White Hollow and extending to:
- Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from White Hollow 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 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 6,298 miles [10,135.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,010 miles [11,281.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- White Hollow) 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 White Hollow 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 White Hollow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3467, Longitude: -83.8952 In this case, the coordinates for White Hollow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.035 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.794 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.419 degrees. |
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