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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 Tipton Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tipton Hill 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 Tipton Hill:
- 36.034462, -82.267984
- 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 Tipton 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 Mitchell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
- Since Tipton Hill is near Yancey County and also Unicoi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yancey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi 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 Tipton Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tipton 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.
- Day Book
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Honeycutt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Honeycutt is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeycutt
- Huntdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Loafers Glory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Loafers Glory is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loafers Glory
- Peppers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peppers is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppers
- Pigeonroost
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeonroost is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeonroost
- Poplar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Red Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Relief
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Toecane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Toecane is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toecane
- Upper Pigeonroost
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Upper Pigeonroost is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Pigeonroost
How Far From Tipton Hill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tipton Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tipton Hill and extending to:
- Bakersville, which is the Seat of Mitchell County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Tipton Hill to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>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 348 miles [560.1 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,951 miles [11,186.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,827 miles [7,768.3 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- Tipton Hill) 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 Tipton 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 Tipton Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0345, Longitude: -82.2680 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.058 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.629 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.836 degrees. |
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