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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 Tunnel Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tunnel Hill 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 Tunnel Hill:
    • 37.684210, -87.641124
    • 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 Tunnel Hill
  • 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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Since Tunnel Hill is near Webster County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster 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 Tunnel Hill

Communities Also Named Tunnel Hill ...

We found five communities that are also named Tunnel Hill.

Within Kentucky, the name Tunnel Hill is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Whitfield County
      • This Tunnel Hill is located in Whitfield County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Tunnel Hill that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitfield County community of Tunnel Hill.
    • Illinois
      • Johnson County
      • This Tunnel Hill is located in Johnson County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the west of the Tunnel Hill that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Tunnel Hill.
    • Indiana
      • Crawford 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 Indiana community of Tunnel Hill [Crawford County].
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton County
      • This Tunnel Hill is located in Coshocton County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tunnel Hill that is located in Henderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Tunnel Hill.
      • Jefferson County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Tunnel Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tunnel Hill ...

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.

  • Boxville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Boxville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxville
  • Cairo
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cairo is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
  • Dixie
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Dixie is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Gatesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Gatesville is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
  • Geneva
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Geneva is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Givens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Givens is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens
  • Graham Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Graham Hill is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Hill
  • King Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • King Mills is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Mills
  • Little Zion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Zion is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion
  • Rangers Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Rangers Landing is located in McLean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangers Landing
  • Rock Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Rock Springs is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Steamport Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Steamport Landing is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamport Landing

How Far From Tunnel Hill 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 Tunnel Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Henderson, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tunnel Hill to Henderson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 580 miles [933.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,385 miles [10,275.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,111 miles [11,444 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,988 miles [8,027.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tunnel Hill) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tunnel Hill 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tunnel Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Tunnel Hill 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 Tunnel Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6842, Longitude: -87.6411       In this case, the coordinates for Tunnel Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.388 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.687 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.697 degrees.