Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Cheap Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cheap Hill and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cheap Hill

• 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 Cheap Hill:
  • 36.332552, -87.156116
  • 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 Cheap 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 Cheatham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cheatham County
  • Since Cheap Hill is near Dickson County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Cheap Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cheap 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.

• Bearwallow
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Bearwallow is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
• Betsystown ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Betsystown is located in Dickson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betsystown
• Fox Bluff
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Bluff is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bluff
• Grantville ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Grantville is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
• Henrietta
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
  • Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
• Hickory Point
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hickory Point is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Point
• Neptune
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Neptune is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
• Pleasant View
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant View is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,055 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant View <1>
• Rest ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Rest is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
• Rock Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rock Springs is located in Dickson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
• Shady Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Shady Grove is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
• Sulphur Springs
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Cheatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs

How Far From Cheap Hill to ...

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

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

• Ashland City, which is the Seat of Cheatham County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Cheap Hill to Nashville, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 580 miles [933.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,027 miles [8,090.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'