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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 Birchwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birchwood 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 Birchwood:
- 35.361354, -84.992641
- 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 Birchwood
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Birchwood is near Meigs County and also Rhea County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rhea 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 Birchwood
Communities Also Named Birchwood ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Birchwood.
There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Birchwood.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Meigs County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Birchwood [Meigs County].
- Montgomery County
- This Birchwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Birchwood.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Birchwood lies 3,275 miles [5,270.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Birchwood [Pulaski County].
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- This Birchwood is located in Hartford County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Birchwood.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Birchwood is located in Cook County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Birchwood.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Birchwood is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Birchwood.
- Michigan
- Berrien County
- This Birchwood is located in Berrien County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<2> to the north of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Birchwood.
- Cheboygan County
- This Birchwood is located in Cheboygan County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km] to the north of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Birchwood.
- Minnesota
- Washington County
- This Birchwood is located in Washington County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Birchwood.
- New York
- Nassau County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Birchwood [Nassau County].
- North Carolina
- Alamance County
- This Birchwood is located in Alamance County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<2> to the east of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Birchwood.
- Pitt County
- This Birchwood is located in Pitt County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km] to the east of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Birchwood.
- Ontario
- This Birchwood lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- Washington
- Whatcom County
- This Birchwood is located in Whatcom County and lies 2,106 miles [3,389.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Birchwood.
- Wisconsin
- Kewaunee County
- This Birchwood is located in Kewaunee County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<2> to the north of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kewaunee County community of Birchwood.
- Washburn County
- This Birchwood is located in Washburn County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km] to the north northwest of the Birchwood that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washburn County community of Birchwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Birchwood ...
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.
- Bakewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bakewell is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakewell
- Big Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Brittsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brittsville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittsville
- Edgewater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Edgewater is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harbor Hills is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Meadowview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Meadowview is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Misty Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Misty Ridge is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Ridge
- Mount Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Harmony is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Mountain View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mountain View is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Sale Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tucker Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tucker Ferry is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Ferry
How Far From Birchwood 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 Birchwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Birchwood and extending to:
- Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Birchwood to Chattanooga, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 501 miles [806.3 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<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,100 miles [11,426.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,976 miles [8,008.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Birchwood 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Birchwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Birchwood 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 Birchwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3614, Longitude: -84.9926 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.674 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.388 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.133 degrees. |
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