Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in White Horn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Horn and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for White Horn

• 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 Horn:
  • 36.284541, -83.055996
  • 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 Horn

• 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 Hawkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
  • Since White Horn is near Greene County and also Hamblen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen 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 Horn

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Horn ...

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.

• Bulls Gap
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bulls Gap is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Gap
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bulls Gap <1>
• Chalk Level
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chalk Level is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
• Couch ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Couch is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
• Flora Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Flora Ferry is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Ferry
• Longtown ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Longtown is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
• Marvin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Marvin is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
• Mohawk
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mohawk is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
• Mohawk Crossroad
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mohawk Crossroad is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Crossroad
• Needmore
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Needmore is located in Hamblen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Pilot Knob
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pilot Knob is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
• Pleasant Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Prices Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Prices Ferry is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Ferry
• Romeo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Romeo is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
• Spears ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spears is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in White Horn and extending to:

• Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from White Horn to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 375 miles [603.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'