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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 Anthony Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Anthony 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 Anthony Hill:
- 35.135546, -87.107533
- 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 Anthony 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 Giles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
- Since Anthony Hill is near Lawrence County and also Limestone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone 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 Anthony Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Anthony 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.
- Crescent View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crescent View is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent View
- Fall River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Goodspring
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Goodspring is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodspring
- Gordon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Green Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Field
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lesters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lesters is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesters
- Minnow Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Minnow Ford is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnow Ford
- Minor Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Sugartree Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sugartree Ford is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree Ford
How Far From Anthony 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 Anthony Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Anthony Hill and extending to:
- Pulaski, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Anthony Hill to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 612 miles [984.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,487 miles [10,439.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,202 miles [11,590.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,078 miles [8,172.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Anthony Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Anthony 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 Anthony Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1355, Longitude: -87.1075 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.952 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.83 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.067 degrees. |
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