Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bent Tree Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bent Tree Acres and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bent Tree Acres

• 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 Bent Tree Acres:
  • 35.200073, -84.946337
  • 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 Bent Tree Acres

• 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 Bent Tree Acres is near Hamilton County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs 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 Bent Tree Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bent Tree Acres ...

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.

• Camelot
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Camelot is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
• Eureka Hills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Eureka Hills is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Hills
• Freewill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Freewill is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freewill
• Georgetown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Georgetown is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <1>
• Hills and Dales
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hills and Dales is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
• Hopewell
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hopewell is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Meadowview
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadowview is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
• Misty Ridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Misty Ridge is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Ridge
• Mountainbrook
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Mountainbrook is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
• Prospect
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Prospect is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
• Rolling Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rolling Hills is located in Bradley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
• Snow Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Snow Hill is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill

How Far From Bent Tree Acres 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 Bent Tree Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bent Tree Acres and extending to:

• Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Bent Tree Acres to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 504 miles [811.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,105 miles [11,434.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,981 miles [8,016.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'