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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 Capitol Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Capitol Hill 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 Capitol Hill:
    • 35.291192, -86.065262
    • 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 Capitol 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Since Capitol Hill is near Coffee County and also Grundy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy 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 Capitol Hill

Communities Also Named Capitol Hill ...

We found seven communities that are also named Capitol Hill.

Within Tennessee, the name Capitol Hill is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Capitol Hill lies 2,090 miles [3,363.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Capitol Hill that is located in Franklin County.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Capitol Hill [Fulton County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Capitol Hill is located in Burlington County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Capitol Hill that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Capitol Hill.
    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma County
      • This Capitol Hill is located in Oklahoma County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the west of the Capitol Hill that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma County community of Capitol Hill.
    • Oregon
      • Multnomah County
      • This Capitol Hill is located in Multnomah County and lies 2,030 miles [3,267 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Capitol Hill that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Capitol Hill.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Capitol Hill is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,447 miles [2,328.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Capitol Hill that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Capitol Hill.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Capitol Hill is located in King County and lies 2,036 miles [3,276.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Capitol Hill that is located in Franklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Capitol Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Capitol 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.

  • Asia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Asia is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asia
  • Bobs Cross Roads ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bobs Cross Roads is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Cross Roads
  • Calls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Calls is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calls
  • Dixie ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Dixie is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Greenhaw
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
  • Gum Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gum Creek is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Creek
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pleasant Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Prairie Plains
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Prairie Plains is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Plains
  • Ruthledge Ford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
  • Ruthledge Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ruthledge Hill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Hill
  • Scenic Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Scenic Heights is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
  • Shady Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Shady Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove

How Far From Capitol Hill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Capitol Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Winchester, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Capitol Hill to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 4 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 555 miles [893.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,026 miles [8,088.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Capitol Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Capitol Hill 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.
<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 Capitol 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 Capitol Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2912, Longitude: -86.0653       In this case, the coordinates for Capitol Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.321 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.124 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.595 degrees.