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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 Woodland Trace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodland Trace 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 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.
    • Open 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:
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Woodland Trace

Communities Also Named Woodland Trace ...

We found two communities that are also named Woodland Trace.

Within Tennessee, the name Woodland Trace is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located 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.

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)
    • Ball Camp is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Camp
  • Blue Grass
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Blue Grass is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
  • Cactus Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cactus Cove is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Cove
  • Cedar Bluff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Bluff is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
  • Cedar Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Springs is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
  • Dixie Lee Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dixie Lee Junction is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Lee Junction
  • Ebenezer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ebenezer is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Echo Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Echo Valley is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
  • Fox Den
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fox Den is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Den
  • Fox Fire
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fox Fire is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Fire
  • Gravelly Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gravelly Hills is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Hills
  • Green Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Valley is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Gulf Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Gulf Park is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park
    • Gulfwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Gulfwood is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulfwood
    • Hickory Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Hickory Woods is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
    • Kingsgate
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Kingsgate is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
    • Pine Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Pine Springs is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
    • Plum Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Plum Creek is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Creek
    • Robinson Crossroads
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Robinson Crossroads is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Crossroads
    • Shady Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Shady Grove is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Spanish Trails
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spanish Trails is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Trails
    • Station West
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Station West is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station West
    • Suburban Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Suburban Hills is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
    • Sweet Briar
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sweet Briar is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar
    • Ten Mile
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Ten Mile is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
    • Trails End
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Trails End is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails End
    • Twin Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Twin Springs is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs

How Far From Woodland Trace 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 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<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,917 miles [7,913.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodland Trace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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.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).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.186 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.903 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.652 degrees.