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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 Jennings Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jennings Ford 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 Jennings Ford:
- 36.657598, -82.711548
- 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 Jennings Ford
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Jennings Ford is near Hawkins County and also Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 Jennings Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jennings Ford ...
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.
- Boulder
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder
- Cartersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cartersville is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Cloud Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cloud Ford is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
- Craft Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Craft Mill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft Mill
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Gate City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Kermit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kermit is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
- Manville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Manville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Marshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Mountain Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Springs is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Natural Tunnel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Natural Tunnel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natural Tunnel
- Seven Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Oaks is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Stanleytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stanleytown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleytown
- Sunbright
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunbright is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbright
How Far From Jennings Ford 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 Jennings Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jennings Ford and extending to:
- Gate City, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Jennings Ford to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 346 miles [556.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,821 miles [7,758.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jennings Ford) 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 Jennings Ford 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 Jennings Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6576, Longitude: -82.7115 In this case, the coordinates for Jennings Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.326 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.026 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.838 degrees. |
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