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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 Wing Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Wing Ferry 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 White Wing Ferry:
    • 35.887022, -84.324090
    • 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 Wing Ferry
  • 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 Loudon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
    • Since White Wing Ferry is near Roane County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Wing Ferry

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Wing Ferry ...

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.

  • Bear ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bear is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
  • Buttermilk Shores
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Buttermilk Shores is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk Shores
  • Chestnut Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Chestnut Hills is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Dixie Lee Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Dixie Lee Junction is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Lee Junction
  • Ford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ford is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
  • Gallagher Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Gallagher Ferry is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher Ferry
  • Oak Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Oak Grove is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Oral
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Oral is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral
  • Pawpaw Plains
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pawpaw Plains is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawpaw Plains
  • Pleasant View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant View is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Poplar Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Poplar Springs is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Union
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Union is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Wheat ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wheat is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
    • Williams Ferry
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Williams Ferry is located in Loudon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ferry
    • Woodlawn
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Woodlawn is located in Loudon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From White Wing Ferry 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 White Wing Ferry 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 Wing Ferry and extending to:

  • Loudon, which is the Seat of Loudon County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from White Wing Ferry to Loudon, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 450 miles [724.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,337 miles [10,198.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,048 miles [11,342.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 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 Wing Ferry) 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 Wing Ferry 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 Wing Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8870, Longitude: -84.3241       In this case, the coordinates for White Wing Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.285 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.016 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.721 degrees.