Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodland Trace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodland Trace and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodland Trace
- 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 Woodland Trace:
- 35.890635, -84.159638
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Woodland Trace
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Woodland Trace is near Blount County and also Loudon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Blount County
- eBird sighting report for Loudon 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Woodland Trace ...
We found two communities that share the name Woodland Trace.
Within Tennessee, the name Woodland Trace is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Hamilton 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 Indiana community of Woodland Trace [Hamilton County].
- North Carolina
- Henderson County
- This Woodland Trace is located in Henderson County and lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Woodland Trace that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Woodland Trace.
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodland Trace ...
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.
- Ball Camp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Blue Grass
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Grass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Blue Grass is located in Knox County
- Cactus Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cactus Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Cove
- Cactus Cove is located in Blount County
- Cedar Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Cedar Bluff is located in Knox County
- Cedar Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Cedar Springs is located in Knox County
- Dixie Lee Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixie Lee Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Lee Junction
- Dixie Lee Junction is located in Knox County
- Ebenezer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Echo Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
- Echo Valley is located in Knox County
- Fox Den
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Fox Fire
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Gravelly Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravelly Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Hills
- Gravelly Hills is located in Blount County
- Green Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
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- Gulf Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Gulfwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Hickory Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
- Hickory Woods is located in Knox County
- Kingsgate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Pine Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Pine Springs is located in Knox County
- Plum Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Creek
- Plum Creek is located in Knox County
- Robinson Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Crossroads
- Robinson Crossroads is located in Knox County
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Knox County
- Spanish Trails
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trails
- Spanish Trails is located in Knox County
- Station West
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Station West have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station West
- Station West is located in Knox County
- Suburban Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suburban Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
- Suburban Hills is located in Knox County
- Sweet Briar
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Briar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar
- Sweet Briar is located in Knox County
- Ten Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Trails End
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trails End have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails End
- Trails End is located in Knox County
- Twin Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
- Twin Springs is located in Knox County
- Gulf Park
How Far From Woodland Trace 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 Woodland Trace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodland Trace and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woodland Trace to Knoxville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 147 miles [236.6 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 442 miles [711.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,330 miles [10,187.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,041 miles [11,331.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,917 miles [7,913.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodland Trace. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 Woodland Trace 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodland Trace) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodland Trace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8906, Longitude: -84.1596 In this case, the coordinates for Woodland Trace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Woodland Trace to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.186 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.903 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.652 degrees. |