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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 Whiting, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whiting 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 Whiting:
    • 36.333450, -82.054012
    • 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 Whiting
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
    • Since Whiting is near Johnson County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Avery 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 Whiting

Communities Also Named Whiting ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Whiting.

Within Tennessee, the name Whiting is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Baldwin 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 Georgia community of Whiting [Baldwin County].
    • Indiana
      • Lake County
      • This Whiting is located in Lake County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Whiting that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Whiting.
    • Iowa
      • Monona County
      • This Whiting is located in Monona County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Whiting that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monona County community of Whiting.
    • Kansas
      • Jackson County
      • This Whiting is located in Jackson County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Whiting that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Whiting.
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • This Whiting is located in Washington County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Whiting that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Whiting.
    • Michigan
      • Lapeer 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 Michigan community of Whiting [Lapeer County].
    • Missouri
      • Mississippi County
      • This Whiting is located in Mississippi County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<2> to the west of the Whiting that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Whiting.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Whiting is located in Ocean County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whiting that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Whiting.
    • Vermont
      • Addison County
      • This Whiting is located in Addison County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Whiting that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Addison County community of Whiting.
    • Wisconsin
      • Portage County
      • This Whiting is located in Portage County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Whiting that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Whiting.
    • Wyoming
      • Platte County
      • This Whiting is located in Platte County and lies 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Whiting that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Whiting.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whiting ...

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 Stand
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bear Stand is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Stand
  • Butler
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Carter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Carter is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
  • Dogtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dogtown is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Dry Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Dry Hill is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
  • Elk Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Elk Mills is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mills
  • Farthing ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Farthing is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farthing
  • Fish Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fish Springs is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
  • High Health ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • High Health is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
  • Horseshoe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Horseshoe is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
  • Ironville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ironville is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
  • Lineback ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lineback is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineback
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Little Milligan
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Little Milligan is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Milligan
    • Pierce
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Pierce is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
    • Stump Knob ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Stump Knob is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Knob
    • Winner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Winner is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winner

How Far From Whiting 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 Whiting 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<4> community of Whiting once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Whiting and extending to:

  • Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies just to the West.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Whiting to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five 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 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 326 miles [524.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,805 miles [7,732.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Whiting 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 '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- Whiting) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Whiting, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Whiting 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 Whiting. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3334, Longitude: -82.0540       In this case, the coordinates for Whiting have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.932 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.528 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.661 degrees.