Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Yount Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yount Town and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Yount Town

• 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 Yount Town:
  • 36.442742, -83.237155
  • 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 Yount Town

• 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
  • Since Yount Town is near Hawkins County and also Grainger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 Yount Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yount Town ...

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.

• Bald Point
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bald Point is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Point
• Big Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Creek is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
• Cloud Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cloud Creek is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Creek
• Cuba
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cuba is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
• Duck Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Duck Creek
  • From Yount Town to Duck Creek
• Friendship
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Friendship is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
• Frost Ford
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Frost Ford is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Ford
• Lee Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lee Valley is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Valley
• Luther
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Luther is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
• Meadow Branch
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Meadow Branch is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Branch
• Quarryville ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Quarryville is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
• Red Bridge Ferry
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry
  • Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
• Spruce Pine
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Spruce Pine is located in Hawkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
• Treadway
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Treadway is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadway

How Far From Yount Town 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 Yount Town to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Sneedville, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the North.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Yount Town to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 378 miles [608.3 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 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,853 miles [7,810.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'