Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Castle Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Castle Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Castle Heights
- 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 Castle Heights:
- 35.953708, -83.159045
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Castle Heights
- 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 Cocke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cocke County
- Since Castle Heights is near Jefferson County and also Sevier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- eBird sighting report for Sevier 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Castle Heights ...
We found five communities that share the name Castle Heights.
Within Tennessee, the name Castle Heights is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lonoke County
- This Castle Heights is located in Lonoke County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the west of the Castle Heights that is located in Cocke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Castle Heights.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Castle Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<1> to the south of the Castle Heights that is located in Cocke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Castle Heights.
- Ontario
- This Castle Heights lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Castle Heights that is located in Cocke County.
- Texas
- McLennan 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 Texas community of Castle Heights [McLennan County].
- Virginia
- Mecklenburg County
- This Castle Heights is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the east of the Castle Heights that is located in Cocke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Castle Heights.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Castle Heights ...
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.
- Bat Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bat Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bat Harbor
- Bat Harbor is located in Cocke County
- Click Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click Mill
- Click Mill is located in Cocke County
- English Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Creek
- English Creek is located in Cocke County
- Fowler Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowler Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Grove
- Fowler Grove is located in Cocke County
- Gum Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Spring
- Gum Spring is located in Cocke County
- Irish Cut
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Jaybird
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Jimtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Licklog
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Parrottsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parrottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrottsville
- Parrottsville is located in Cocke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parrottsville <4>
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Cocke County
- Read Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Castle Heights 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 Castle Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Castle Heights and extending to:
- Newport, which is the Seat of Cocke County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Castle Heights to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 392 miles [630.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,870 miles [7,837.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Castle Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Castle Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Castle Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9537, Longitude: -83.1590 In this case, the coordinates for Castle Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Castle Heights 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Castle Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.587 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.224 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.223 degrees. |