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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 Carriage Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carriage Hills 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 Carriage Hills:
    • 35.250906, -84.790775
    • 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 Carriage Hills
  • 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 Carriage Hills is near McMinn County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Carriage Hills

Communities Also Named Carriage Hills ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Carriage Hills.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Carriage Hills.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Williamson County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Williamson County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Carriage Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Jefferson County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Carriage Hills.
      • Mobile County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Mobile County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km] to the south southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Carriage Hills.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km] to the south southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Carriage Hills.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Hillsborough County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Carriage Hills.
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Clarke County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Carriage Hills.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Carriage Hills.
      • Calvert County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Calvert County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km] to the east northeast of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Carriage Hills.
      • Carroll County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Carroll County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km] to the northeast of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Carriage Hills.
      • Howard County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Howard County and lies 512 miles [824 km] to the northeast of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Carriage Hills.
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Hinds County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Carriage Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford County
      • This Carriage Hills is located in Guilford County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Carriage Hills that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of Carriage Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carriage Hills ...

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.

  • Arrowhead Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Arrowhead Point is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Point
  • Cooks Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cooks Ferry is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Ferry
  • Eureka
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Eureka is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Eureka Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Eureka Hills is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Hills
  • Foxfire
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Foxfire is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Hickory Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Hopewell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hopewell is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Mount Harmony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Harmony is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
  • Peach Orchard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Peach Orchard is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
  • Rolling Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rolling Brook is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Brook
  • Royal Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Royal Oak is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak
  • Tasso
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Tasso is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso
  • Tasso Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Tasso Heights is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso Heights
  • Whisperwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Whisperwood is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwood

How Far From Carriage Hills 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 Carriage Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carriage Hills 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 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Carriage Hills 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 495 miles [796.6 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 6,386 miles [10,277.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,096 miles [11,419.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,972 miles [8,001.7 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- Carriage Hills) 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 Carriage Hills 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 Carriage Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2509, Longitude: -84.7908       In this case, the coordinates for Carriage Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.549 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.229 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.078 degrees.