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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 Wyatt Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wyatt Village 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 Wyatt Village:
    • 36.322313, -83.282117
    • 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 Wyatt Village
  • 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 Grainger County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger County
    • Since Wyatt Village is near Hamblen County and also Hawkins County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins 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 Wyatt Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wyatt Village ...

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.

  • Beans
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Beans is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
  • Bright Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bright Ferry is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Ferry
  • Cherokee Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherokee Park is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
  • Gaby Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Gaby Hills is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaby Hills
  • Indian Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Hills is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Jaybird
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jaybird is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
  • Kentucky Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Kentucky Heights is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Heights
  • Long Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Long Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ferry
  • Marshalls Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
  • Mary Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mary Chapel is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Chapel
  • Meadow Branch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Branch is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Branch
  • Mountain View Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Riverview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverview is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Rock Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Rock Haven is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
    • Rocky Summit ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rocky Summit is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Summit
    • Spruce Pine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spruce Pine is located in Hawkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine

How Far From Wyatt Village 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 Wyatt Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wyatt Village and extending to:

  • Rutledge, which is the Seat of Grainger County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wyatt Village to Rutledge, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 194 miles [312.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,274 miles [10,097 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,984 miles [11,239.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,860 miles [7,821.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wyatt Village) 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 Wyatt Village 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 Wyatt Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3223, Longitude: -83.2821       In this case, the coordinates for Wyatt Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.666 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.367 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.171 degrees.