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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 Spivey Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spivey Mill 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 Spivey Mill:
- 36.662876, -82.656546
- 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 Spivey Mill
- 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 Spivey Mill 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 Spivey Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spivey Mill ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boulder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder
- Cartersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cartersville is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Cloud Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cloud Ford is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Ford
- Craft Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Craft Mill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft Mill
- Gate City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Jayne Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jayne Mill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayne Mill
- Jennings Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jennings Ford is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Ford
- Kermit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kermit is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Manville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Manville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Marshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Hawkins County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Mountain Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Springs is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Natural Tunnel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Natural Tunnel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natural Tunnel
- Slabtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Slabtown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Williams Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Williams Mill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Mill
How Far From Spivey Mill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Spivey Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spivey Mill and extending to:
- Gate City, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Spivey Mill 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 343 miles [552 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 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,818 miles [7,753.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spivey Mill) 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 Spivey Mill 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 Spivey Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6629, Longitude: -82.6565 In this case, the coordinates for Spivey Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.293 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.989 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.814 degrees. |
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