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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 The Wye, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Wye 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 The Wye:
    • 36.214801, -84.166035
    • 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 The Wye
  • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since The Wye is near Campbell County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 The Wye

Communities Also Named The Wye ...

We found five communities that are also named The Wye.

Within Tennessee, the name The Wye is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Perry County
      • This The Wye is located in Perry County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the west of the The Wye that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of The Wye.
    • Manitoba
      • This The Wye lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the The Wye that is located in Anderson County.
    • Mississippi
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of The Wye [Montgomery County].
    • Montana
      • Missoula County
      • This The Wye is located in Missoula County and lies 1,701 miles [2,737.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Wye that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Missoula County community of The Wye.
    • Oklahoma
      • Pottawatomie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of The Wye [Pottawatomie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Wye ...

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.

  • Cove Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cove Creek is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
  • Disney
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Disney is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disney
  • Granite
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Granite is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
  • Hillvale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillvale is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillvale
  • Indian Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Indian Creek is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
  • Knapp ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Knapp is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
  • Maples
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Maples is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
  • Minersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Minersville is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
  • Oak Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pine Crest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
  • Rocky Top
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Top
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
    • Former names for Rocky Top:
    • Coal Creek
    • Lake City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Top <3>
  • Slatestone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Slatestone is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatestone

How Far From The Wye 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 The Wye to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Wye and extending to:

  • Clinton, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from The Wye to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 431 miles [693.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,903 miles [7,890.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Wye) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 The Wye 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 The Wye 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 The Wye. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2148, Longitude: -84.1660       In this case, the coordinates for The Wye have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.196 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.961 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.568 degrees.