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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 Arrowhead Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arrowhead Point 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 Arrowhead Point:
    • 35.207851, -84.818554
    • 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 Arrowhead Point
  • 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 Bradley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley County
    • Since Arrowhead Point is near Polk County and also McMinn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn 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 Arrowhead Point

Communities Also Named Arrowhead Point ...

We found one communities that are also named Arrowhead Point.

Within Tennessee, the name Arrowhead Point is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Arrowhead Point in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Rankin County
      • This Arrowhead Point is located in Rankin County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Arrowhead Point that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Arrowhead Point.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arrowhead Point ...

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.

  • Foxfire
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Foxfire is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Hickory Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Peach Orchard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Peach Orchard is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
  • Rolling Brook
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Rolling Brook is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Brook
  • Royal Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Royal Oak is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak
  • Tasso
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Tasso is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso
  • Tasso Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Tasso Heights is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso Heights
  • Whisperwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Whisperwood is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwood

How Far From Arrowhead Point 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 Arrowhead Point to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Arrowhead Point to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 498 miles [801.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,389 miles [10,282.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,099 miles [11,424.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,975 miles [8,006.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arrowhead Point) 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 Arrowhead Point 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 Arrowhead Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2079, Longitude: -84.8186       In this case, the coordinates for Arrowhead Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.564 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.24 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.10 degrees.