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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 Eagle Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagle Hill 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 Eagle Hill:
    • 36.319505, -88.543106
    • 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 Eagle 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 Weakley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley County
    • Since Eagle Hill is near Henry County and also Graves County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Graves 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 Eagle Hill

Communities Also Named Eagle Hill ...

We found six communities that are also named Eagle Hill.

Within Tennessee, the name Eagle Hill is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Eagle Hill lies 1,653 miles [2,660.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eagle Hill that is located in Weakley County.
    • Arkansas
      • Polk 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 Arkansas community of Eagle Hill [Polk County].
    • Kentucky
      • Owen County
      • This Eagle Hill is located in Owen County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eagle Hill that is located in Weakley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Eagle Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Eagle Hill is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eagle Hill that is located in Weakley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Eagle Hill.
    • New Mexico
      • Roosevelt County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Eagle Hill [Roosevelt County].
    • Ohio
      • Tuscarawas County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Tuscarawas County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Eagle Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle 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.

  • Cottage Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fancy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fancy is located in Weakley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy
  • Glasgow ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Glasgow is located in Weakley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • Jewell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jewell is located in Weakley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
  • Jones Mill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones Mill is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
  • Ore Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
  • Palestine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Palestine is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Red Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Red Hill is located in Weakley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Sandhill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandhill is located in Weakley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
  • Tumbling
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Tumbling is located in Weakley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling

How Far From Eagle Hill 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 Eagle Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Dresden, which is the Seat of Weakley County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Eagle Hill to Nashville, with an average speed<5>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 653 miles [1,050.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,487 miles [10,439.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,211 miles [11,605 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,086 miles [8,185.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eagle Hill) 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 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 Eagle Hill 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Eagle Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Eagle Hill 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 Eagle Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3195, Longitude: -88.5431       In this case, the coordinates for Eagle Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.905 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.093 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.418 degrees.