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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 Cumberland Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cumberland Heights 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 Cumberland Heights:
    • 35.405630, -85.696641
    • 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 Cumberland Heights
  • 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 Cumberland Heights ...

We found six communities that share the name Cumberland Heights.

There are three communities within Tennessee that are also named Cumberland Heights.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Cumberland County
      • This Cumberland Heights is located in Cumberland County and lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Cumberland Heights.
    • Davidson County
      • This Cumberland Heights is located in Davidson County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Cumberland Heights.
    • Montgomery County
      • This Cumberland Heights is located in Montgomery County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cumberland Heights.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Wayne 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 Illinois community of Cumberland Heights [Wayne County].
    • Maryland
      • Allegany County
      • This Cumberland Heights is located in Allegany County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Cumberland Heights.
    • West Virginia
      • Mercer County
      • This Cumberland Heights is located in Mercer County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Grundy County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Cumberland Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cumberland 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.

  • Chestnut Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Grundy County
  • Dogtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dogtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Dogtown is located in Grundy County
  • Elkhead
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhead
    • Elkhead is located in Grundy County
  • Flat Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
    • Flat Branch is located in Grundy County
  • Greentown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greentown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
    • Greentown is located in Marion County
  • Hobbs Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobbs Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Hill
    • Hobbs Hill is located in Grundy County
  • Sanders Crossing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanders Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Crossing
    • Sanders Crossing is located in Grundy County
  • Steppsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steppsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steppsville
    • Steppsville is located in Warren County
  • Sweeton Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweeton Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeton Hill
    • Sweeton Hill is located in Grundy County

How Far From Cumberland Heights 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 Cumberland Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Altamont, which is the Seat of Grundy County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Cumberland Heights to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 5 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 533 miles [857.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,129 miles [11,473 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,005 miles [8,054.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cumberland 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 '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- Cumberland Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cumberland Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4056, Longitude: -85.6966       In this case, the coordinates for Cumberland 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cumberland 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 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 Cumberland Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.102 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.887 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.414 degrees.




 

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