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

When in Dale Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dale Acres 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 Dale Acres:
    • 35.123683, -85.245791
    • 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 Dale Acres
  • 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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dale Acres ...

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.

  • Colonial Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Colonial Village is located in Hamilton County
  • Cross Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
    • Cross Creek is located in Hamilton County
  • Echo Glen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Glen
    • Echo Glen is located in Hamilton County
  • Forestdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
    • Forestdale is located in Hamilton County
  • Fountain Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Village
    • Fountain Village is located in Hamilton County
  • Galaxy Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galaxy Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galaxy Heights
    • Galaxy Heights is located in Hamilton County
  • Green Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
    • Green Hills is located in Hamilton County
  • Greens Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
    • Greens Mill is located in Hamilton County
  • Harbor Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Heights
    • Harbor Heights is located in Hamilton County
  • Hickory Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
    • Hickory Woods is located in Hamilton County
  • Kings Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
    • Kings Point is located in Hamilton County
  • Kings Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
    • Kings Ridge is located in Hamilton County
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    • Long Branch
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
      • Long Branch is located in Hamilton County
    • Quail Hollow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
      • Quail Hollow is located in Hamilton County
    • Red Bank
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
      • Red Bank is located in Hamilton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,881 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Bank <2>
    • Riverchase
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverchase have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
      • Riverchase is located in Hamilton County
    • Riverside Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
      • Riverside Park is located in Hamilton County
    • Spring Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Hamilton County
    • Town Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hills
      • Town Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Valleybrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valleybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleybrook
      • Valleybrook is located in Hamilton County

How Far From Dale Acres 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 Dale Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dale Acres and extending to:

  • Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Dale Acres to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 521 miles [838.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,121 miles [11,460.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,997 miles [8,041.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dale Acres. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamiltontn.gov/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dale Acres) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dale Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1237, Longitude: -85.2458       In this case, the coordinates for Dale Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Dale Acres 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 312.818 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.521 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.296 degrees.









 

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