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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 Wills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wills 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 Wills:
- 36.533729, -81.793450
- 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 Wills
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Wills is near Sullivan County and also Ashe 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 Ashe 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 Wills
Communities Also Named Wills ...
We found six communities that are also named Wills.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Wills.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Lawrence County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wills [Lawrence County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- DeKalb County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Wills [DeKalb County].
- Ohio
- Monroe County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Monroe County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Wills.
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- This Wills is located in Kanawha County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the north of the Wills that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Wills.
- Mercer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wills [Mercer County].
- Wisconsin
- Bayfield County
- This Wills is located in Bayfield County and lies 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Wills that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bayfield County community of Wills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wills ...
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.
- Cold Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Spring is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dowell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
- Estimated population in 2014: 364 people
- Eureka
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Fuller
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Holy Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Hill
- Laurel Bloomery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shingletown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Silver Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Sugar Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
How Far From Wills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wills and extending to:
- Mountain City, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the South.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Wills 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 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 306 miles [492.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,785 miles [7,700.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Wills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Wills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wills 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wills 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 Wills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5337, Longitude: -81.7935 In this case, the coordinates for Wills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.778 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.38 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.495 degrees. |
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