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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.
- 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:
- 36.490883, -87.399454
- 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 Cumberland 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Cumberland Heights is near Christian County and also Cheatham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cheatham 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 Cumberland Heights
Communities Also Named Cumberland Heights ...
We found six communities that are also named Cumberland Heights.
There are three communities within Tennessee that are also named Cumberland Heights.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Cumberland County
- This Cumberland Heights is located in Cumberland County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Montgomery 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 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Cumberland Heights.
- Grundy County
- This Cumberland Heights is located in Grundy County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy 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 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Montgomery 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 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the east of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Montgomery 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.
- Cedarbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
- Clarksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eastern Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eastern Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Hills
- Endsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Endsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endsville
- Grasslands
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grasslands is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasslands
- Greenland Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenland Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Farms
- Hackberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hackberry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Hematite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hematite is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Hilltop
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Kingsbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kingsbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Louise Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Peachers Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Peachers Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachers Mill
- Round Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Round Pond is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Pond
- Seven Mile Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Seven Mile Ferry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ferry
- Willow Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Bend is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
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:
- Clarksville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Cumberland Heights to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 589 miles [947.9 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 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,155 miles [11,514.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cumberland Heights) 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 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 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cumberland Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4909, Longitude: -87.3995 In this case, the coordinates for Cumberland Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.194 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.297 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.878 degrees. |
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